WAUD (AM)
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| WAUD | |
| City of license | Auburn, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Lee County, Alabama |
| Branding | AM 1230 WAUD |
| Slogan | "The Voice of Auburn" |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| First air date | 1947 |
| Format | Sports, Music, News, and Talk |
| Power | 1000 Watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 3204 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Callsign meaning | Auburn University |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio, CBS Radio Network |
| Owner | Tiger Communications, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WQSI |
| Website | http://www.waudradio.com/ |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Programming
Notable weekday programming includes Bob Sanders mornings from 5:30-10am. Sanders has been affiliated with WAUD for over 53 years. 39 year radio veteran DJ and station program director Mark David Sawyer follows from 10-12N with more unique and special audio. He began his career at WAUD in 1970. Other local programming includes "Sports X with Bill Bailey and Sharpie" weeknights at 6pm and Auburn First Baptist church services on Sunday mornings. Sunday mornings also a include jazz, big band, and nostalgia music block.
Syndicated programming includes The Mike Tirico Show, Paul Finebaum, ESPN's The Pulse, ESPN's GameNight, and ESPN's AllNight with Jason Smith.
[edit] Sports & News
WAUD provides CBS Radio Network updates at the top of every hour, except during ESPN programming, when ESPN Radio SportsCenter airs. 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.
[edit] References
- ^ WAUD Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
[edit] External links
- WAUD official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WAUD
- Radio Locator Information on WAUD
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WAUD
- WAUD MySpace
- Sports X Online- Webstream of WAUD's 6-7PM call-in sports program
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