WDAK

WDAK

City	Columbus, Georgia
Broadcast area	West Central Georgia, East Central Alabama
Branding	Newsradio 540
Frequency	540 kHz
First air date	1940
Format	News Talk Information
Power	4000 watts (day) 38 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	60764
Transmitter coordinates	32°25′58″N 84°57′2″W / 32.43278°N 84.95056°W / 32.43278; -84.95056Coordinates: 32°25′58″N 84°57′2″W / 32.43278°N 84.95056°W / 32.43278; -84.95056
Affiliations	Westwood One, Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WAGH, WBFA, WGSY, WHAL, WSTH-FM, WVRK
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	newsradio540.com

WDAK (540 AM, "Newsradio 540") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format.^[1] Licensed to Columbus, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Columbus/Phenix City/Auburn area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (as CC Licenses) and features programming from Westwood One, Fox News Radio and Premiere Networks.^[2] It also broadcasts Columbus State University basketball and baseball games and Troy University sports events. Its studios are in Columbus, east of downtown, and its transmitter is southeast of downtown. 540 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear-channel frequency; WDAK must reduce power during nighttime hours in order to protect the skywave signals of the dominant class A stations.

History

The station began broadcasting in 1940 on a frequency of 1340kHz with a power of 250 watts. Studios were located in the Martin Building in downtown Columbus. Co-owned WDAK-TV began operation in 1953 on Channel 28. After the TV station was sold in 1958, WDAK was granted 5,000 watts by day, 500 watts by night on 540 kHz, with a new transmitter site and three towers located 5 miles west of Phenix City, Alabama. In April 1967, WDAK moved to Wynnwood, an antebellum mansion at 1846 Buena Vista Road that was placed on the US Department of the Interior lists of historical sites in 1972. During this entire period, WDAK was owned by the Woodall Family of Columbus, programmed Top 40, and was known as "Big Johnny Reb" or "The Giant of the Valley."^[3] Signal and audience-wise, it was the dominant station in the Chattahoochee Valley for decades. In the late 1970s, the station first switched to country music then to various other formats and under different owners. In the late 1990s, the station became "The Sports Monster" with mostly-satellite sports talk programming.

References

↑ "WDAK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "AM Technical Profile: WDAK". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. WDAK was top 40 in the 60's, one of several in a chain of stations owned by Woodall Broadcasting Co. All of their stations called themselves "Big Johnny Reb Radio". Station logo included a rebel flag and caricature of a Confederate soldier.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDAK

Radio-Locator Information on WDAK

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDAK

Radio stations in the Columbus, Georgia market

By AM frequency	540 910 1230 1270 1340 1420 1460 1520 1580

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 89.5 90.5 91.1 91.7 92.7 93.3 93.9 95.3 95.7 95.9 96.1 96.7 97.1 97.3 97.7 98.3 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.7 101.3 102.9 103.7 104.9 106.1 106.9 107.3

by call sign	WAGH WAUD WAUF WBFA WBOJ WBUE WCGQ WCUG WELL-FM WEGL WDAK WEAM-FM WFRC WFXE WGSY WHAL WIOL WIOL-FM WJSP-FM WKCN WKKR WKZJ WLTC WMXA WOKS WQNR WQSI WRCG WRLD WSTH-FM WTGZ WTJB WTLM WURY-LP WVFJ-FM WVRK WYFK WZMG

Defunct	WACM-LP (94.3 FM)

Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Georgia List of radio stations in Alabama

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Georgia

News & Talk	WALG – Albany WAOK – Atlanta WAYX – Waycross WBLJ – Dalton WBMQ – Savannah WCHM – Clarkesville WCHZ-FM – Warrenton WDAK – Columbus WDMG – Douglas WDUN – Gainesville WGAC – Augusta WGAU – Athens WGIG – Brunswick WGST – Atlanta WJBB – Winder WJRB – Young Harris WKWN – Trenton WLBB – Carrollton WMAC – Macon WRCG – Columbus WRDW – Augusta WSB – Atlanta WSBB-FM – Doraville WSRM – Coosa WTKS – Savannah WTRP – La Grange WVGA – Lakeland WVLD – Valdosta WYAY – Gainesville WYXC – Cartersville

Defunct	WGHC – Clayton

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

Radio stations serving the Auburn, Alabama market

by AM frequency	540 910 1230 1400 1520

by FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 91.1 92.3 93.9 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.7 97.3 97.7 99.9 101.9 102.9 103.3 106.1 107.3

by call sign	WANI WAUD WAUF-LP WCGQ WDAK WEGL WELL-FM WGZZ WHHY-FM WJSP-FM WKKR WLBF WLWI-FM WMXA WMXS WQNR WQSI WRLD WSTH-FM WTGZ WTLM WVRK WYFK WZMG

Defunct	WACM-LP (94.3 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama Columbus Radio

iHeartMedia

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