WABX
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Broadcast area | Evansville, Indiana |
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Frequency | 107.5 MHz |
Branding | WABX 107.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic rock |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WIKY-FM, WLYD, WSTO | |
History | |
First air date | 1997 |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 61055 |
Class | A |
ERP | 2,000 watts |
HAAT | 171 meters (561 ft) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wabx.net |
WABX is a radio station in Evansville, Indiana, owned by Duey Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. The station, which broadcasts at 107.5 FM, has aired a classic rock format since 1997.
Former WABX
From 1960 to 1984, WABX ("The station that glows in the dark") was the call sign of a widely influential freeform/progressive rock radio station in Detroit, Michigan. In 1985, WABX's former consultant, Paul Christy, purchased WCFX/95.3 in Clare, Michigan, and subsequently parked the WABX calls on WCFX's sister station, 990 AM. WABX/990 ceased operations in 1988. The current 107.5 WABX logo is substantially similar to the Detroit WABX logo used during that station's 1970s' heyday. The former Detroit WABX now broadcasts a country format as WYCD.
Sale to Midwest Communications
It was announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications will purchase 9 of the 10 stations owned by South Central Communications. (This includes the Evansville Cluster which include WABX along with sister stations WIKY-FM, WLFW & WSTO.) With this purchase, Midwest Communications will expand its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville.[1] The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.[2]
References
- ^ Midwest Communications Acquires South Central Communications
- ^ "South Central Radio Group". Archived from the original on 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
External links
- Official Website
- Facility details for Facility ID 61055 (WABX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WABX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database