WOAB

WOAB
Frequency104.9 MHz
BrandingKickin' Country 104.9
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
  • Fred Dockins
  • (Dockins Communications, Inc.)
WOZK
History
First air date
July 9, 1967[1]
Call sign meaning
Ozark AlaBama
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51095
ClassA
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT82 meters (269 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
31°27′19″N 85°40′58″W / 31.45528°N 85.68278°W / 31.45528; -85.68278
Links
Public license information

WOAB (104.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Ozark, Alabama, United States. The station, which first signed on in 1967, is owned by Fred Dockins, through licensee Dockins Communications, Inc.

WOAB broadcasts a country music format.[3]

History

WOAB signed on the air on July 9, 1967, with 2,850 watts of effective radiated power on 104.9 MHz.[1] Owned by the Ozark Broadcasting Company, this new FM station signed on as a separately-programmed sister station to WOZK (900 AM).[1] The station aired a primarily country music format through the 1970s.[4]

Effective July 7, 2021, Ozark Broadcasting sold WOAB, WOZK, and the construction permit for translator W252DV to Fred Dockins' Dockins Communications for $125,000.

On February 23, 2022 WOAB changed formats from oldies to country, branded as "Kickin' Country 104.9".[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.". 1968 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1968. p. B-7.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WOAB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-6.
  5. ^ Alabama Broadcast Media Page
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