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WABX
WABX WABX107.5 logo.png
City Evansville, Indiana
Broadcast area Evansville, Indiana
Branding WABX 107.5
Slogan Evansville's Classic Rock
Frequency 107.5 MHz
First air date 1997
Format Classic rock
ERP 2,000 watts
HAAT 171 meters (561 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 61055
Owner Duey Wright
(Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations
WIKY-FM, WLYD, WSTO
Webcast Listen Live
Website wabx.net

WABX is a radio station in Evansville, Indiana, owned by Duey Wright, through licensee Midwest Communications, Inc. The station, which broadcasts at 107.5 FM, has aired a classic rock format since 1997.




Contents






  • 1 Former WABX


  • 2 Sale to Midwest Communications


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Former WABX


Main article: WYCD

From 1960 to 1984, WABX ("The station that glows in the dark") was the call sign of a widely influential freeform/progressive rock radio station in Detroit, Michigan. In 1985, WABX's former consultant, Paul Christy, purchased WCFX/95.3 in Clare, Michigan, and subsequently parked the WABX calls on WCFX's sister station, 990 AM. WABX/990 ceased operations in 1988. The current 107.5 WABX logo is substantially similar to the Detroit WABX logo used during that station's 1970s' heyday. The former Detroit WABX now broadcasts a country format as WYCD.



Sale to Midwest Communications


It was announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications will purchase 9 of the 10 Stations owned by South Central Communications. (This includes the Evansville Cluster which include WABX along with Sister Stations WIKY-FM, WLFW & WSTO) With this purchase, Midwest Communications will expand its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville.[1] The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.[2]



References





  1. ^ Midwest Communications Acquires South Central Communications


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External links



  • Official Website



  • Query the FCC's FM station database for WABX

  • Radio-Locator information on WABX

  • Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WABX





Coordinates: 37°59′20″N 87°35′49″W / 37.989°N 87.597°W / 37.989; -87.597










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