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Overview
WAAX (570 AM) is a talk radio station licensed to Gadsden, Alabama. On air it goes by “News Radio 101.9 Big WAAX.” It began broadcasting in 1947.
At a glance
- Call sign
- WAAX
- Frequency
- 570 AM
- Format
- Talk radio
- On-air name
- News Radio 101.9 Big WAAX
- City of license
- Gadsden, AL
- Market
- Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), AL
- Licensee
- IHM Licenses, LLC
- Power
- 5,000 watts (day); 500 watts (night)
- Station class
- D
- First on air
- 1947
- FCC facility ID
- 22996
- Website
- 1019bigwaax.iheart.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its lineup draws on Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks and Compass Media Networks. IHM Licenses, LLC holds the station’s FCC license.
Online, it is at 1019bigwaax.iheart.com. Gadsden is in the Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), AL market, where local newspapers include The Gadsden Times. Sister stations include WGMZ.
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WAAX at a glance
- Frequency
- 570 AM
- On air as
- News Radio 101.9 Big WAAX
- Format
- Talk radio
- Licensed to
- Gadsden, AL
- Market
- Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), AL
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