WAKB

Radio station in Hephzibah, Georgia

WAKB

* Hephzibah, Georgia

Broadcast area| Augusta metropolitan area
Frequency| 100.9 MHz
Branding| Magic 100.9
Programming
Format| Urban adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner|

* Perry Publishing and Broadcasting
* (Perry Broadcasting of Augusta, Inc.)

Sister stations

| WAEG, WFXA-FM, WTHB
History

First air date

| June 10, 1979 (46 years ago) (1979-06-10) as 96.7 WRNZ Wrens

Former call signs

| WYFA (1985–1993)
WAGW (1993–1994)
WAEJ (1994–2002)
WTHB-FM (2002–2007)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 31942
Class| C3
ERP| 16,000 watts
HAAT| 92 meters (302 ft)
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen Live
Website| 1009magic.com

WAKB (100.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hephzibah, Georgia, and serving the Augusta metropolitan area. It is owned by Perry Publishing and Broadcasting and broadcasts an urban adult contemporary radio format. The radio studios and offices are on Broadcast Drive at Radio Station Road in North Augusta, South Carolina. WAKB carries the syndicated "Rickey Smiley Morning Show" from Dallas.

WAKB has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 16,000 watts. The transmitter tower is located on Tobacco Road near Windsor Spring Road in Augusta.[2]

## History

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On June 10, 1979, the station first signed on as WRNZ in Wrens, Georgia.[3] It was a Top 40 outlet known as "Z96," using the frequency 96.7 MHz. The station moved up the dial to 96.9 and became WMJB in 1984 and WRDW-FM in 1985.

In 1991, the station switched its call sign to WAKB. At first, it broadcast the Satellite Music Network (SMN) urban adult contemporary format known as "The Touch." Eventually it went with local disc jockeys in the late 1990s under the "Magic 96.9" name.

WAKB was sold by Radio One in the mid-2000s to Perry Broadcasting as Radio One decided to focus on larger markets. On Jan. 11, 2008 at 2:58 p.m., WAKB swapped frequencies with 100.9 WTHB, which had been urban gospel. This happened 2 minutes before Doug Banks launch his afternoon show The Ride with Doug and DeDe began. The station then became Magic 100.9.

In 2009, WAKB increased its power from 6,000 to 25,000 watts and moved its tower closer to Augusta. It switched its city of license to Hephzibah, Georgia, a community just outside Augusta. On December 30, 2009, WAKB dropped the Doug Banks Show (which later returned, airing evenings 7-11pm) and played music in the 3-7 pm time slot. In February 2010, former WLXC/Columbia midday host Tre' Taylor joined WAKB and began hosting afternoons. A year later Tre' Taylor left WAKB, returning Doug Banks to afternoons. In 2019 the syndicated “ Chubb Rock afternoons with Siman Baby” Show was put in the 3-7 pm time slot. In January 2020, When The Tom Joyner Morning Show went off the air for good, the syndicated The Rickey Smiley Morning Show was brought over from sister station WFXA-FM.

## See also

[edit]

* Radio portal

* Media in Augusta, Georgia

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAKB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WAKB
3. ^ Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 page C-62

## External links

[edit]

* Magic 100.9 official website
*   * Facility details for Facility ID 31942 (WAKB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WAKB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in the Augusta metropolitan area (Georgia)

By AM frequency|

* 580
* 1050
* 1230
* 1340
* 1380
* 1550
* 1600

By FM frequency|

* 88.3
* 89.1
* 90.7
* 91.7
* 92.3
* 92.7
* 92.9
* 93.1
* 93.9
* 94.7
* 95.1
* 96.3
* 96.9
* 97.9
* 98.3
* 99.5
* 100.9
* 101.7
* 102.3
* 102.7
* 103.1
* 104.3
* 105.7
* 107.1
* 107.7

| LPFM|

* 100.3

|

Translators|

* 101.9
* 103.7
* 104.7
* 106.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 105.7-1
* 105.7-2

By call sign|

* W270CY
* W279BY
* W284DJ
* W292EE
* WAAW
* WACG-FM
* WAEG
* WAFJ
* WAKB
* WBBQ-FM
* WCHZ-FM
* WDRR
* WEKL
* WEZO
* WFAM
* WFXA-FM
* WGAC
* WGAC-FM
* WGUS-FM
* WHHD
* WIIZ
* WKSP
* WKXC-FM
* WKZK
* WLFW
* WLJK
* WLPE
* WLUB
* HD2
* WNRR
* WPRW-FM
* WRMK-LP
* WTHB
* WTHB-FM
* WTHO-FM
* WYBO
* WYFA
* WYNF

Defunct|

* WCHZ (1480 AM)
* WRDW (1630 AM)

Nearby regions
Atlanta
Central Georgia
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville-Spartanburg
Hilton Head
Macon
Savannah

See also
List of radio stations in Georgia

* v
* t
* e

Urban contemporary radio stations in the U.S. state of Georgia

Stations|

* WAKB - Hephzibah
* WALR-FM - Palmetto/Atlanta
* WASU-LP - Albany
* WBBK-FM - Blakely
* WBGA - Brunswick
* WDBN - Wrightsville
* WEAS-FM - Springfield
* WFDR-FM - Woodbury
* WFXA-FM - Augusta
* WFXM - Gordon
* WGOV-FM - Valdosta
* WGUN - Valdosta
* WHLJ-FM - Statenville
* WIBB-FM - Fort Valley
* WIGO - Morrow
* WIPK - Calhoun
* WJIZ – Albany
* WLZN - Macon
* WMRZ - Dawson
* WMUV - Brunswick
* WOAH - Glennville
* WOKS - Columbus
* WPRW - Martinez
* WQBT - Savannah
* WQVE - Albany
* WRBV - Warner Robins
* WRCG - Columbus
* WRWR - Cochran
* WSTI - Quitman
* WTYB - Savannah
* WTTY - Ty Ty
* WVEE - Atlanta
* WVGC - Elberton
* WVKX - Irwinton
* WWLD - Cairo
* WWPW - Atlanta
* WWSZ - Decatur
* WXJO - Gordon
* WXJO - Douglasville
* WYPZ - Macon
* WYZI - Royston
* WZBN - Camilla

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

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