WRAB
WRAB (1380 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Arab, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by the Reed Family, which also owns The Arab Tribune, and licensed to Reed Broadcasting, LLC. WRAB is an affiliate of Westwood One and NBC Sports Radio. The most popular show on WRAB is "The Helping Hand Show", heard Monday through Saturday from 8:30-9:30am, hosted by Archie Anderson. It airs a Country music format.[1] Southern Gospel music is also played on WRAB and was hosted by Rick Stover from November 2001 until June 2019, when Stover retired.
WRAB host Archie Anderson with Robert Aderholt in 2018 | |
City | Arab, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | North Alabama |
Slogan | "Brindlee Mountain's Country" |
Frequency | 1380 kHz |
First air date | 1961 |
Format | Country |
Power | 1000 watts (day) 49 watts (night) |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 2552 |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°20′06″N 86°28′07″W |
Call sign meaning | ARAB |
Owner | Reed Broadcasting, LLC |
Some memorable names that have been on the air at WRAB: Archie Anderson, Bobby King, Tim Maze, Cousin Jake, Chris Hanson, Big Jim Nelson, Steve Lemons, Kerry Franklin, Ken Henderson and Rick Stover. For a period of time in the late 1980s and early 1990s, WRAB was the sister station of WAFN-FM, which at the time had the call sign of WCRQ. At the time both stations were owned by Kerry Rich.
WRAB's studios are located on Brindlee Mountain Parkway at the office of The Arab Tribune. The station's transmitter is located on State Route 69.
The station was assigned the WRAB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[2] In August 2017, the FCC awarded WRAB an FM Translator license W296DM and assigned to 107.1 mHz. In March 2020, the translator went active with 250 watts power. The station also broadcasts online at wrabfm
References
- "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
- "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- https://fccdata.org/?facid=200362
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WRAB
- Radio-Locator Information on WRAB
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WRAB