WAOV
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | Knox County Today Newstalk |
| Programming | |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Affiliations | AP Radio, ESPN Radio, Premiere Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Old Northwest Broadcasting, Inc. |
| WWBL | |
| History | |
Former frequencies | 1420 kHz (1940–1941)[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 50238 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°42′26.00″N 87°29′42.00″W / 38.7072222°N 87.4950000°W |
| Translator(s) | 93.9 W220BQ (Bruceville) 97.3 W247CZ (Washington) 97.7 W249DC (Vincennes) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | waovam.com |
WAOV (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Vincennes, Indiana, United States, the station is currently owned by Old Northwest Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from AP Radio, ESPN Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.[3]
The call letters WAOV come from the popular 1900 novel Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson and was adopted when the station originated in 1940.[4]
Notable former on-air staff
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ FCC History Cards for WAOV
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAOV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WAOV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Vincennes, Indiana: 1930-1960, p. 74 (2006)
- ^ "David Clay Goodnow". Indiana Broadcast Pioneers. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 50238 (WAOV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WAOV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 201171 (W247CZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W247CZ at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 146854 (W249DC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W249DC at FCCdata.org
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