WTAK-FM (106.1

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licensed to

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, and owned by

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, and the central Tennessee Valley area. Its broadcast tower is located on

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in Morgan County, Alabama, near the Union Hill community, and its studios are located in Madison, Alabama. In the 2000s, WTAK-FM was one of the top-rated radio stations in the Huntsville market.

Personalities

The on-air staff currently consists of "Deano," Johnny Maze, and "BigRig," who appear each weekday. The station's morning show is the syndicated ''

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,'' heard weekday mornings from 5 to 9 a.m.

Programming

In addition to its regular music programming, WTAK-FM also carries '' The House of Hair with Dee Snider'' on Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. On Sunday mornings from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., '' Flashback,'' hosted by Matt Pinfield, airs.

History

WTAK-FM was originally known by the call sign WYAM and went on the air around November 1991. WTAK-AM (1000 AM, now

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) shifted its programming solely to the 106.1 FM signal in late 1993 after several months of simulcast. This station was assigned the WTAK-FM call letters by the

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on July 6, 1993.

References

External links

WTAK official website
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