WOAB (104.9
FM) is a
radio station
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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
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format.
History
WOAB signed on the air on July 9, 1967, with 2,850
watts 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
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
to
WOZK (900 AM).
The station aired a primarily
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
format through the 1970s.
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".
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1967
Dale County, Alabama
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