WABX is a radio station

Radio station

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 in Evansville, Indiana

Evansville, Indiana

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, owned by South Central Communications

South Central Communications

South Central Communications is a privately owned media company based in Evansville, Indiana, and owned and operated by the Engelbrecht family: John D. Engelbrecht , JP Engelbrecht , and Bettie G...

. The station, which broadcasts at 107.5 FM, has aired a classic rock

Classic rock

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 format since 1997. Monday through Saturday morning, WABX airs the The Big Show with John Boy and Billy

John Boy and Billy

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Personalities include: Dodger,from 9am-2pm; Sean Roberts, Afternoons 2pm-7pm; Steven Kelly, Evenings 7pm-9pm; Dodger, Weekends; and "Nights with Alice Cooper", Monday - Friday 9pm-2am, Saturdays 7p-Midnight.

WABX features contests and does several appearances throughout the Tri-state area (IN, KY, and IL); they are involved with the community and charitable organizations. 107.5 WABX plays classic rock from the late 60s, the 70s, the 80s selected rock of the 90s and today, featuring artists like: Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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, Def Leppard

Def Leppard

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, Aerosmith

Aerosmith

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, Rush

Rush (band)

Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...

, Van Halen

Van Halen

Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...

, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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, AC/DC

AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...

, Boston

Boston (band)

Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists...

, ZZ Top

ZZ Top

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, Bad Company

Bad Company

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, Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

, Styx

Styx (band)

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, Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

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, and more.

Former WABX

From 1960 to 1984, WABX was the call sign

Call sign

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 of a widely influential freeform

Freeform (radio format)

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/progressive rock

Progressive rock (radio format)

Progressive rock is a radio station programming format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s, in which the disc jockeys are given wide latitude in what they may play, similar to the freeform format but with the proviso that some kind of rock music is almost always what is played...

 radio station in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

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. In 1985, WABX's former consultant, Paul Christy

Paul Christy

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, purchased WCFX

WCFX

WCFX is an FM radio station broadcasting at 6,000 watts in Clare, Michigan. The station primarily serves Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the home of Central Michigan University, with an Top 40 format as "Today's Best Music, 95-3 CFX." The station has operated with its current calls and format since...

-FM 95.3 in Clare, Michigan

Clare, Michigan

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, and subsequently parked the WABX calls on WCFX's sister station, 990 AM. WABX-AM 990 ceased operations in 1988. The current 107.5 WABX logo

Logo

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 is substantially similar to the Detroit WABX logo used during that station's 1970s heyday. The former Detroit WABX now broadcasts a country format

Country music

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 as WYCD

WYCD

WYCD is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is the only country music station in the Detroit area. WYCD's offices and studios are located on Woodward Heights . near Interstate 75 in Ferndale, Michigan...

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External links

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