WDAK
FCC | |
| Facility ID | 60764 |
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| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 32°25′58″N 84°57′2″W / 32.43278°N 84.95056°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | newsradio540.iheart.com |
WDAK (540
iHeartMedia, Inc. (as iHM Licenses) and features programming from Westwood One, Compass Media Networks, Fox News Radio and Premiere Networks.[3] It also broadcasts Columbus State University
basketball and baseball games and Troy University sports events. Its studios are in Columbus, east of downtown, and its transmitter is southeast of downtown.
As
XEWA
.
History
The station began broadcasting in 1940 on a frequency of 1340
US Department of the Interior lists of historical sites in 1972. During this entire period, WDAK was owned by the Woodall Family of Columbus, programmed Top 40, and was known as "Big Johnny Reb" or "The Giant of the Valley."[4] Signal and audience-wise, it was the dominant station in the Chattahoochee Valley for decades. In the late 1970s, the station first switched to country music
then to various other formats and under different owners. In the late 1990s, the station became "The Sports Monster" with mostly-satellite sports talk programming.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDAK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WDAK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "AM Technical Profile: WDAK". Alabama Broadcast Media Page.
WDAK was top 40 in the 60's, one of several in a chain of stations owned by Woodall Broadcasting Co. All of their stations called themselves "Big Johnny Reb Radio". Station logo included a rebel flag and caricature of a Confederate soldier.
External links
- WDAK in the FCC AM station database
- WDAK in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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