WARI (Alabama)
WARI was an AM radio station licensed to Abbeville, Alabama. It operated on 1480 kHz from its inception on August 31, 1961 to its license cancellation on September 9, 1996. On February 22, 1968, WARI opened an FM station, WARI-FM.[3] It began and continues to operate on 94.3 MHz as WIZB.
| City | Abbeville, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Dothan, Alabama |
| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Defunct |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Abbeville Radio, Inc. (original owner) Genesis Radio Company, Inc.[1] (last owner) |
| WARI-FM/94.3 | |
| History | |
First air date | August 31, 1961[2] |
Last air date | License deleted September 9, 1996 |
Former call signs | WARI (1961-1996) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 23616 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts daytime only |
History
WARI signed on the air on August 31, 1961. WARI was owned by Abbeville Radio, Inc. WARI's frequency was 1480 kHz and its initial power was 1 kW during daytime hours only. WARI's last owner was Genesis Radio Company, Inc. who bought the station on November 25, 1994. On September 9, 1996, Genesis Radio Co. asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to dismiss the station's renewal and delete the license, to which the Commission complied.
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