WOAB
Encyclopedia
WOAB is a radio station
licensed
to serve Ozark, Alabama
, USA. The station, which first signed on in 1967, is still owned and operated by original license holder Ozark Broadcasting Corporation.
WOAB broadcasts an adult standards
format as a simulcast with AM sister station WOZK
.
s of effective radiated power
on 104.9 MHz. Owned by the Ozark Broadcasting Company, this new FM station signed on as a separately-programmed sister station
to WOZK
(900 AM). The station aired a primarily country music
format through the 1970s.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Ozark, Alabama
Ozark, Alabama
Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Dale County, Alabama, United States. In 1990 the city population was 12,922. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 15,119....
, USA. The station, which first signed on in 1967, is still owned and operated by original license holder Ozark Broadcasting Corporation.
WOAB broadcasts an adult standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
format as a simulcast with AM sister station WOZK
WOZK
WOZK is a radio station licensed to serve Ozark, Alabama, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1953, is owned by Ozark Broadcasting Corporation....
.
History
WOAB signed on the air on July 9, 1967, with 2,850 wattWatt
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s of effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
on 104.9 MHz. Owned by the Ozark Broadcasting Company, this new FM station signed on as a separately-programmed sister station
Sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio and/or television stations operated by the same ownership....
to WOZK
WOZK
WOZK is a radio station licensed to serve Ozark, Alabama, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1953, is owned by Ozark Broadcasting Corporation....
(900 AM). The station aired a primarily country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format through the 1970s.