WAOA-FM

WAOA-FM (107.1 A1A) is a Top 40 (CHR) station covering Florida's Space Coast. Owned by Cumulus Media, it broadcasts Pop, Rock, R&B, and sometimes Hip-Hop on 107.1 MHz with an ERP of 100,000 watts. With that type of power, it can be heard as far north as Daytona Beach, as far west as Winter Haven, and far south as Stuart. Its transmitter is located in the Melbourne neighborhood, Lake Washington, south of Lake Washington Road, at Harlock Road. It is visible from Interstate 95. Its branding is named after State Road A1A.

WAOA-FM
CityMelbourne, Florida
Broadcast areaMelbourne-Titusville-Cocoa, Florida
Branding107.1 A1A
SloganThe Coast's Number 1 Hit Music Station!
Frequency107.1 MHz
First air dateNovember 1972 (as WTAI-FM)
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT148 meters (486 ft)
ClassC1
Facility ID60387
Call sign meaningWA-One-A
Former call signsWTAI-FM (1972-1978)
WLLV (1978-1984)
WVTI (1984-1989)
WAOA (1989-2000)
OwnerCumulus Broadcasting
(Cumulus Licensing LLC)
Sister stationsWHKR, WLZR, WROK-FM
WebcastListen Live
Websitewa1a.com

As of October 2007, the station was streamed online via iHeart Radio.

History

The 107.1 FM station in Melbourne began in 1972 as WTAI-FM with an adult contemporary music format. It briefly aired a beautiful music format in 1978 before changing its callsign On July 10 that year to WLLV, and its format to Contemporary Christian music. On February 24, 1984 the callsign was changed again to WVTI, and changed its format to CHR.[1] On December 15, 1989 the station changed callsigns again, becoming WAOA, and changed its format to Hot AC. It changed back to regular AC in 1996, then back to CHR in 2002, a year after the station was bought by Cumulus.[1] WAOA became the current WAOA-FM on June 29, 2000, when sister A.M. station WLZR became WAOA.[2]

As of Fall 2015, WAOA-FM is ranked #1 and is the most-listened-to radio station in Cocoa Beach-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida, Nielsen Audio market.

References
  1. CFL Radio page on WAOA-FM. Accessed July 14, 2015.
  2. FCC's callsign history for WAOA-FM

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