WABJ

WABJ
Broadcast area
Lenawee County, Michigan
Frequency1490 kHz
Programming
FormatTalk radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Bud Walters
  • (Southeast Michigan Media, Inc.)
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History
First air date
November 1946 (1946-11)
Call sign meaning
Adrian Business Journal
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
22648
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Links
Public license information
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/WABJ1490/

WABJ (1490 AM, "NewsTalk 1490") is a commercial radio station licensed to Adrian, Michigan, United States, and featuring a talk radio format. it is owned by Bud Walters, with the license held by Southeast Michigan Media, Inc. The radio studios and offices are on West Maumee Avenue in Adrian.

WABJ's transmitter is sited on East Siena Heights Drive in Adrian, near Race Track Road and the Lenawee County Fairgrounds.

History

The station signed on in November 1946. In January 1948, the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of WABJ by Adrian Broadcasting Company to James Gerity Jr.[2]

WABJ has functioned as a full-service station for Adrian and Lenawee County since its founding. Music, adult contemporary or Middle of the Road (MOR), was phased out in the early 1990s in favor of the station's current talk format.

WABJ is noted as a "springboard station" for some of the most well-known names in broadcasting. It has launched the careers of such notables as Phil Donahue, Jerry Keil, Rich Hoffer, Gary Fullhart, Mickey Morgret, Aimee Faycosh, Pyke, Andy Stuart, Fred LeFebvre and Joe Elardo.

On July 21, 2021, it was announced the station's broadcast signal would be suspended effective August 1, 2021, largely due to insufficient financial sustainability.[3] WABJ 1490 was heard back on the air on December 30, 2022.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WABJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WABJ Sale Approved" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 12, 1948. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "Southeast Michigan Media to Suspend Broadcast Signal of 1490 WABJ-AM".

Sources

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