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.[2]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Website | waovam.com |
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.[3]
Notable former on-air staff edit
References edit
- ^ FCC History Cards for WAOV
- ^ "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
- WAOV in the FCC AM station database
- WAOV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W247CZ in the FCC FM station database
- W247CZ at FCCdata.org
- W249DC in the FCC FM station database
- W249DC at FCCdata.org
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