WAUD (AM)

For other uses, see Waud (disambiguation).

WAUD

City	Auburn, Alabama
Broadcast area	Lee County, Alabama Muscogee County, Georgia
Branding	AM 1230 WAUD
Slogan	"The Voice of Auburn"
Frequency	1230 kHz
First air date	1947
Format	Sports, Music, News, and Talk
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	3204
Transmitter coordinates	32°37′47.00″N 85°28′08.00″W / 32.6297222°N 85.4688889°W / 32.6297222; -85.4688889
Callsign meaning	Auburn University
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio, CBS Radio Network
Owner	Tiger Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WACQ, WQNR, WQSI, WTGZ

WAUD (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports, Music, News, and Talk format.^[1] Licensed to Auburn, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Lee County, Alabama, area. The station is currently owned by Tiger Communications.^[2] The station's official slogan is "The Voice of Auburn," and it has also been nicknamed "The Thousand-Watt Blowtorch" by past on-air personalities.

History

WAUD is the oldest radio station in Auburn, Alabama, going on the air in 1947.

The station is currently an affiliate of ESPN Radio, the CBS Radio Network, The Paul Finebaum Radio Network, and the radio home of Bob Sanders for 53 years. Its format is a mix of nostalgic music with special local programming in the morning, news, talk, and sports. WAUD is the home of Auburn High School athletic broadcasts, including football, basketball, and baseball.

Programming

Notable weekday programming includes Bob Sanders on mornings. Sanders has been affiliated with WAUD for over 53 years. Other local programming includes "Sports X with Bill Bailey and Sharpie" weeknights and Auburn First Baptist church services on Sunday mornings. Sunday mornings also include a jazz, big band, and nostalgia music block.

Syndicated programming includes The Dan Patrick Show, Paul Finebaum, Atlanta Braves, and Fox Sports Radio.

Sports & news

WAUD provides CBS Radio Network updates at the top of every hour, except during Fox Sports Radio programming. The Alabama Radio Network provides WAUD with state news and sports updates throughout the day. Local news and weather are read live throughout the broadcast day during local programming hours. WAUD carries the entire CBS World News Roundup, America's longest tenured network newscast on either radio or TV, each morning at 7am CST.

The region's only call-in sports program, "Sports Call", originated on WAUD before moving to sister station WQSI 93.9 FM in 2007. WAUD carries the Sports Call pre-game and post-game shows during the Auburn University football season.

In July 2007, WAUD became the Auburn affiliate of The Paul Finebaum Radio Network.

References

WAUD history

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WAUD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

WAUD official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WAUD

Radio-Locator Information on WAUD

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WAUD
WAUD MySpace
Sports X Online - WAUD's call-in sports program

Radio stations serving the Auburn, Alabama market

by AM frequency	540 910 1230 1400 1520

by FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 91.1 92.3 93.9 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.7 97.3 97.7 99.9 101.9 102.9 103.3 106.1 107.3

by call sign	WANI WAUD WAUF-LP WCGQ WDAK WEGL WELL-FM WGZZ WHHY-FM WJSP-FM WKKR WLBF WLWI-FM WMXA WMXS WQNR WQSI WRLD WSTH-FM WTGZ WTLM WVRK WYFK WZMG

Defunct	WACM-LP (94.3 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama Columbus Radio

Radio stations in the Columbus, Georgia market

By AM frequency	540 910 1230 1270 1340 1420 1460 1520 1580

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 89.5 90.5 91.1 91.7 92.7 93.3 93.9 95.3 95.7 95.9 96.1 96.7 97.1 97.3 97.7 98.3 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.7 101.3 102.9 103.7 104.9 106.1 106.9 107.3

by call sign	WAGH WAUD WAUF WBFA WBOJ WBUE WCGQ WCUG WELL-FM WEGL WDAK WEAM-FM WFRC WFXE WGSY WHAL WIOL WIOL-FM WJSP-FM WKCN WKKR WKZJ WLTC WMXA WOKS WQNR WQSI WRCG WRLD WSTH-FM WTGZ WTJB WTLM WURY-LP WVFJ-FM WVRK WYFK WZMG

Defunct	WACM-LP (94.3 FM)

Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Georgia List of radio stations in Alabama

Sports radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations:	WAUD - Auburn WFMH - Cullman WGAD - Gadsden WHAL - Phenix City WIQR - Prattville WJNZ - Robertsdale WJOX - Birmingham WJOX-FM - Birmingham WJQX - Helena WLWE - Roanoke WMCJ - Cullman WMSP - Montgomery WNPT - Marion/Tuscaloosa WNSP - Bay Minette WOOF - Dothan WSBM - Florence WSLY - York WTBF - Troy WTXK - Pike Road WULA - Eufaula WUMP - Madison WVOV - Bridgeport WWTM - Decatur WYTK - Rogersville WZNN - Maplesville WZZN - Union Grove

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Fox Sports Radio stations in the United States

By Callsign	KAND KAPE KAVL KBME KBXZ KCBL KCUB KDKT KFXN-FM KGME KGMY KGMZ KHGG KHGG-FM KHHO KHTY KLAC KLSD KMIS KMNS KOAN KOPY KOZN KPOJ KRLD-FM KTKR KWES WAOR WARF WASR WBEC WBIG WBIW WCWA WDAE WDFN WEEY WENE WEOL WFNN WFRX WFXN WHBC WHTK WIRO WINZ WJJB-FM WJOX (AM) WLOP WLRO WMEN WMML WNCO WNDE WNFL WNIO WNML WOFX WOLF WPKX WPOP WQXI WQXQ WRED WRNL WSAI WSAN WSAR WTAM WTKT WTRX WTSO WWTX WXTG-FM WYHL WYKE WYTS WZGV

By City	Akron, Ohio Anchorage, Alaska Ashland, Ohio Alice, Texas Allentown, Pa. Atlanta Aurora, Illinois Bakersfield Baton Rouge Bedford, Ind. Binghamton Birmingham, Alabama Bismarck, N.D. Canton, OH Cape Girardeau, Missouri Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, Ohio Corsicana, Texas Cramerton, North Carolina Dallas Des Moines Detroit Elyria-Lorain, Ohio Erie, Pa. Fall River, Masachusetts Flint, Mi. Flagstaff, Az. Fresno, Calif. Ft. Smith, Arkansas (AM) Ft. Smith, Arkansas (FM) Glens Falls, N.Y. Gray/Portland, Me. Green Bay Harrisburg, Pa. Hartford, Ct. Houston Indianapolis Inglis, Florida Ironton, Ohio/Huntington, West Virginia Jesup, Georgia Keene, New Hampshire Knoxville Lancaster, California Ligonier, Indiana Los Angeles Madison Meridian, Mississippi Miami Minneapolis Moline-Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois Omaha Owensboro, Kentucky Phoenix, Arizona Pittsfield, Massachusetts Portageville, Missouri Portland, Oregon Richmond, Virginia Rochester, N.H. Rochester, N.Y. Ruidoso San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Sioux City, Iowa Springfield, Missouri Syracuse, New York Tampa Toledo Troy, N.Y. Tucson, Arizona Virginia Beach Youngstown, Ohio Westbrook/Portland, Maine West Frankfort, Illinois West Palm Beach, Florida Wilmington, Delaware Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Satellite Radio	XM (Ch. 169)

Website Fox Sports Radio Website News/talk/sports brands Air America Bloomberg Radio ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio NPR SB Nation Radio Music brands Bob FM Cat Country (Country Only) Froggy Hank FM Jack FM KISS-FM MOViN Nash FM (Country Only) Radio Disney The Fox The X Religious brands AFR Air 1 K-LOVE

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/9/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.