slogan america s best music frequency 1220 khz first air date august 12 1961 format adult standards mor language s english power 1 000 watts day 30 watts night class d facility id 32848 transmitter coordinates 30 30 39 n 87 54 13 w 30.51083 n 87.90361 w 30.51083 ; 87.90361 affiliations cbs radio network owner donald h. pugh sr. eternity media group llc sister stations wjnz wbzr fm wcsn fm website wabf1220.net wabf 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 llc . wabf broadcasts an adult standards middle of the road music format to the greater mobile metropolitan area including mobile county and baldwin county alabama . in addition to its usual music programming the station broadcasts a tradio show called the gulf coast swap shop local news and select programming from the cbs radio network . 1 history edit this station began regular operations as wabf on august 12 1961 . licensed to eastern shore broadcasters inc. the station was originally part of the j. dige bishop stations group . 2 it broadcast with 1 000 watts of power daytime only to protect wgar now whkw in cleveland ohio from skywave interference . 3 almost two decades later eastern shore broadcasters inc. sold wabf to bee cee broadcasting inc. in a deal that closed on july 1 1978 . 4 in march 1992 bee cee broadcasting inc. reached a deal to sell wabf to jubilee broadcasting company inc. for 350 000 . the deal was approved by the fcc on april 20 1992 and consummated on may 11 1992 . 5 in february 1999 jubilee broadcasting company inc. contracted to transfer the broadcast license for wabf to gulf coast broadcasting company inc. the deal gained fcc approval on may 5 1999 and the transaction was formally consummated on may 20 1999 . 6 in june 2001 the station applied to increase its nighttime signal strength from 4 to 30 watts while eliminating the directional array in use both day and night to reduce skywave interference . the fcc granted a construction permit for these changes on october 1 2001 with a scheduled expiration date of october 1 2004 . 7 with construction and testing complete in january 2002 the station applied for a new broadcast license to cover these changes . the fcc granted the new license on march 11 2002 . 8 effective august 10 2016 gulf coast sold wabf to donald h. pugh sr. s eternity media group llc for 105 000 . references edit station information profile . arbitron . retrieved december 31 2011 . directory of am and fm radio stations in the u.s. . 1963 broadcasting yearbook . washington dc broadcasting publications inc. 1963 . p. b 5 . am station classes clear regional and local channels . federal communications commission audio division . retrieved december 31 2011 . directory of radio stations in the united states and canada . broadcasting cable yearbook 1982 . washington dc broadcasting publications inc. 1982 . p. c 4 . application search details bal 19920309eb . fcc media bureau . april 20 1992 . retrieved december 31 2011 . application search details bal 19990219ed . fcc media bureau . may 20 1999 . retrieved december 31 2011 . application search details bp 20010621aag . fcc media bureau . october 1 2001 . retrieved december 31 2011 . application search details bl 20020114abf . fcc media bureau . march 11 2002 . retrieved december 31 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wabf radio locator information on wabf query nielsen audio s am station database for wabf v t e radio stations serving the mobile alabama area by fm frequency 88.5 89.5 91.3 92.1 92.9 94.1 94.9 96.1 97.5 98.3 98.7 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.1 102.7 104.1 105.5 106.5 107.3 by am frequency 660 710 840 900 960 1110 1220 1270 1310 1360 1410 1480 noaa weather radio 162.550 by call sign kec61 wabd wabf wavh wbhy wbhy fm wblx fm wdlt fm werm wgok whil wijd wjtq wksj fm wlpr wlvm wmez wmob wmxc wngl wnsp wntm wpcs wqua wrgv wrkh wtkx fm wtof wxbm wxqw wyct wzew alabama radio markets birmingham dothan florence muscle shoals huntsville mobile montgomery tuscaloosa other alabama radio regions anniston auburn columbus georgia gadsden meridian mississippi see also list of radio stations in alabama pensacola radio biloxi gulfport pascagoula radio retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wabf & oldid 735943017 categories radio stations in mobile alabamaadult standards radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19611961 establishments in alabama navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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