WAID (106.5
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting an
urban contemporary
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format. Licensed to
Clarksdale, Mississippi,
United States
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, the station, also known as "Power 106.5," is currently owned by Radio Cleveland and features programming from
Compass Media Networks .
The station broadcasts the nationally syndicated
Tom Joyner Morning Show
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and
Doug Banks
Calvin Douglas Banks Jr. (June 9, 1958 – April 11, 2016) was an American radio personality and host of The Doug Banks Radio Show.
Career highlights
The Philadelphia-born, Detroit-raised Banks began his radio career broadcasting on his high sc ...
show.
References
External links
Radio Cleveland Facebook*
AID
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Ai ...
Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States
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