WMOA is a
Class C radio station which broadcasts at 1490
kHz, with its signal originating from the city of
Marietta, Ohio
Marietta is a city in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It is located in southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, Ma ...
. The 1000-watt station covers much of the Mid-Ohio Valley, which includes parts of Southeastern Ohio and Northwestern West Virginia around the cities of Marietta and
Parkersburg, West Virginia.
History
WMOA began broadcasting as an experimental station in September 1946 from a garage in
Williamstown, West Virginia
Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metropolitan area. The population was 2,997 at the 2020 census. The now closed Fenton Art Glass Company wa ...
, across the
Ohio River from Marietta. The station, upon receiving a
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) license, relocated its broadcast studios to the basement of the historic
Lafayette Hotel in downtown Marietta. The studios relocated again to the Citizen's Bank Building during the latter part of the 20th century before settling at their current location on Lancaster Street in Marietta.
Programming
The station currently advertises itself as "Local Radio" and features a variety of generally local interest broadcasting. The station is currently affiliated with
ABC Radio for national news updates, and broadcasts live sporting events for nearby
Marietta College
Marietta College (MC) is a private liberal arts college in Marietta, Ohio. It offers more than 50 undergraduate majors across the arts, sciences, and engineering, as well as Physician Assistant, Psychology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, a ...
. Besides ABC News updates twice hourly, the station features local on-air talent and
Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
music for the bulk of their broadcast day, The station primarily provides coverage of the
Cincinnati Reds and
Ohio State University football, but also airs
Cleveland Cavaliers,
Cincinnati Bengals,
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (A ...
,
Cleveland Indians
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,
Ohio University Bobcats football, and local high school sports broadcasts.
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{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Ohio
Marietta, Ohio
MOA
Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand.
The term has also come to be used for chicken in many Polynesian cultures and is found in the names of many chicken recipes, such as
Kale moa and Moa Samoa.
Moa or MOA may also refe ...
Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Full service radio stations in the United States