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On October 1, 1968, a new FM station signed on at 98.1 MHz as WAFB-FM. [4] Then, as now, it was owned by Guaranty Broadcasting, which already owned a TV station in Baton Rouge, Channel 9 WAFB-TV . WAFB-FM was affiliated with the ABC Contemporary Radio Network and during that time the station aired a contemporary hits format.
In 1957, they sold the radio stations, with the AM station changing its format to black music and the FM station going off the air; a new WAFB-FM would sign on in 1968. Royal Street owned the station until 1964, when it sold the station to locally based Guaranty Corporation. [4]
WABB-FM was originally a simulcast of its AM sister station before switching to album oriented rock a few years later. When WABB-FM made the move to the contemporary hit radio format in 1984, the AM station segued to Adult Top 40. But as FM became the preferred band for music listening, WABB 1480 flipped to a talk radio format. Station's last ...
1460 AM was first occupied by WAFB, which signed on in 1948 and was a MBS and ABC affiliate and sister station to WAFB-FM, which was on the 104.3 frequency, and WAFB-TV. [3] Merchants Broadcasting purchased the WAFB radio stations in 1957 from WDSU's Modern Broadcasting, and changed the call letters of the AM station to WAIL. [4]
The LSU Sports Network is the radio and television network of the Louisiana State University Tigers and Lady Tigers men's and women's sports teams. [1] It consists of eleven television stations, two regional cable networks, and several radio stations throughout the state of Louisiana and surrounding states.
In 1965, WJBO-FM moved to 102.5 MHz, allowing WAFB-FM (now WDGL-FM), a companion station to Channel 9 WAFB-TV, to move from 104.3 MHz to the vacated 98.1 MHz assignment. In the late 60s and into the mid-70s, WJBO-FM was a freeform progressive rock station that went by the name "Loose Radio."
Engster is a political analyst for WAFB in Baton Rouge [2] and has been featured since 2002 in election night coverage for CBS affiliation. He hosted "Ask the Governor", a monthly call-in show for listeners to speak with Governor John Bel Edwards [3] for 93 months, the longest running gubernatorial radio program in Louisiana history.
WERM (1220 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Fairhope, Alabama, since 1961.The station's broadcast license is currently held by Donald H. Pugh Sr., through licensee Eternity Media Group WERM, LLC.