WACV is a radio station

Radio station

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 in the Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama

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, market owned by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. Since July 30, 2010, the station has broadcast a modern rock

Modern rock

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 music format. The station's branding features the frequency of its FM broadcast translator, W285AJ, rather than its licensed AM frequency.

Station history

1170 AM originally had the callsign WCOV from its beginnings in 1949 until 1984, when the station was sold separately from WCOV-TV

WCOV-TV

WCOV-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Central Alabama's Black Belt area licensed to Montgomery. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 20 from a transmitter southeast of Grady along the Montgomery and Crenshaw County line. The station can also be seen on...

, Montgomery's oldest television station. (1170 AM is the second-oldest frequency in use in the Montgomery market, the oldest being 1440, which began as WSFA

WSFA

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, later became WHHY

WHHY

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, and finally WLWI

WLWI (AM)

WLWI is a radio station licensed to serve Montgomery, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and the license is held by Cumulus Licensing, LLC.It broadcasts a news/talk radio format to the Montgomery metropolitan area...

.) Since November 1984, 1170 AM has been known as WACV and branded as a talk radio

Talk radio

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 formatted station.

In late March 2009, WACV began simulcasting on WMRK-FM (then WJAM-FM) as "News Talk 107.9 FM". On Thursday, April 2, 2009, WACV became known as "News Talk 107.9, WMRK

WMRK

WJAM is a radio station licensed to serve Selma, Alabama, USA. Originally launched in 1946, the station is currently owned by Bluewater Broadcasting, LLC, and the WJAM broadcast license is held by Scott Communications, Inc.-Programming:...

-FM". The original lineup included news from Bob Jackson, with updates from WAKA

WAKA

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 CBS8. Locally originated programs, such as "Viewpoint", continued on "News Talk 107.9" with Dan Morris and Mark Montiel, and Greg Budell continued "Happy Hour". Nationally syndicated talk programming features Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham

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, Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

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, Rusty Humphries

Rusty Humphries

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, Jerry Doyle, Roy Masters, and Neal Boortz

Neal Boortz

Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...

.

In November 2009, WACV dropped the news/talk programming and began airing an oldies music format.

On July 30, 2010, WACV changed their format to modern rock

Modern rock

Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...

 as "104.9 The Gump". WACV continues to stream the oldies music format on their web property: Buzz Montgomery

Ownership history

In March 2004, Montgomery Broadcast Properties Ltd. (Allan Stroh, CEO) reached an agreement to sell this station to Bluewater Broadcasting LLC. The sale was part of a four-station deal valued at a reported $15.3 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 21, 2004, and the transaction was consummated on June 21, 2004. At the time of the sale, WACV was broadcasting a news/talk format.

External links

• WACV official website