WABX

WABX
City	Evansville, Indiana
Broadcast area	Evansville, Indiana
Branding	WABX 107.5
Slogan	Evansville's Classic Rock
Frequency	107.5 MHz
First air date	1997
Format	Classic rock
ERP	2,000 watts
HAAT	171 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	61055
Owner	Duey Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WIKY-FM, WLFW, WSTO
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wabx.net

WABX is a radio station in Evansville, Indiana, owned by Duey Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. The station, which broadcasts at 107.5 FM, has aired a classic rock format since 1997. Monday through Saturday morning, WABX airs The Big Show with John Boy and Billy.
Personalities include: Dodger, 9am-2pm; Sean Roberts, Afternoons 2pm-7pm; Steven Kelly, Evenings 7pm-9pm; Dodger, Weekends; and "Nights with Alice Cooper", Monday - Friday 9pm-2am, Saturdays 7p-Midnight.
WABX features contests and does several appearances throughout the Tri-state area (IN, KY, and IL); they are involved with the community and charitable organizations. 107.5 WABX plays classic rock from the late 60s, the 70s, the 80s, selected rock of the 90s and today, featuring artists like Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Rush, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Boston, ZZ Top, Bad Company, Ozzy Osbourne, Styx, Pink Floyd, and more.

Former WABX

Main article: WYCD

From 1960 to 1984, WABX ("The station that glows in the dark") was the call sign of a widely influential freeform/progressive rock radio station in Detroit, Michigan. In 1985, WABX's former consultant, Paul Christy, purchased WCFX-FM 95.3 in Clare, Michigan, and subsequently parked the WABX calls on WCFX's sister station, 990 AM. WABX/990 ceased operations in 1988. The current 107.5 WABX logo is substantially similar to the Detroit WABX logo used during that station's 1970s' heyday. The former Detroit WABX now broadcasts a country format as WYCD.

Sale to Midwest Communications

It was announced on May 28th, 2014, that Midwest Communications will purchase 9 of the 10 Stations owned by South Central Communications. (This includes the Evansville Cluster which include WABX along with Sister Stations WIKY-FM, WLFW-FM & WSTO) With this purchase, Midwest Communications will expand its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville.^[1] The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.^[2]

References

External links

Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WABX

Radio-Locator information on WABX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WABX

Radio stations in the Evansville, Indiana market

By AM frequency	730 820 860 1180 1250 1280 1330 1400 1540 1550 1590

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.1 90.7 91.5 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.5 99.1 99.5 100.5 101.3 101.5 101.9 103.1 104.1 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	KIG76 WABX WBGW WBKR WBNL WCFY-LP WDKS WEUC WEOA WFMW WGAB WGBF WGBF-FM WIKY-FM WJLT WJPS WKDQ WKPB WKTG WKVN WLFW WMSK-FM WNIN-FM WPSR WQXQ WRAY WRAY-FM WRCY WRUL WSDM WSJD WSON WSON-FM WSTO WSWI WUCO WUEV WVHI WVJC WYIR-LP WYFX WYNG

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Hopkinsville Louisville Marion–Carbondale Mount Vernon Owensboro Paducah Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Indiana List of radio stations in Kentucky

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Indiana

By frequency	93.5 94.5 94.7 95.7 96.3 96.3 97.7 102.3 103.9 103.9 105.5 105.7 107.5

By callsign	WABX WBTO-FM WCJZ WFBQ WIMC WJAA WLQI WMXQ WQMF WRZR WWVR WXKE WXRD

By city	Austin Cannelton Churubusco/Fort Wayne Crawfordsville Crown Point Evansville, previously Detroit, Michigan Hartford City Indianapolis Jeffersonville Loogootee Petersburg Rensselaer West Terre Haute

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Indiana See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDWZ KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

Coordinates: 37°59′20″N 87°35′49″W / 37.989°N 87.597°W / 37.989; -87.597

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