WAUD (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = WAUD


city = Auburn, Alabama
area = Lee County, Alabama
branding = "AM 1230 WAUD"
slogan = "The Voice of Auburn"
airdate = 1947
frequency = 1230 kHz
format = Sports, Music, News, and Talk
power = 1000 watts
class = C
facility_id = 3204
coordinates = coord|32|37|47.00|N|85|28|08.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning = Auburn University
former_callsigns =
owner = Tiger Communications, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations = WBIL, WQNR, WQSI, WTGZ
webcast =
website = [http://www.waudradio.com/ waudradio.com]
affiliations = ESPN Radio, CBS Radio Network

WAUD (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports, Music, News, and Talk format. [cite web| url=http://www.arbitron.com |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron] Licensed to Auburn, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Lee County, Alabama, area. The station is currently owned by Tiger Communications. [cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WAUD |title=WAUD Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division] The station's official slogan is "The Voice of Auburn," and it has also been nicknamed "The Thousand-Watt Blowtorch" by past on-air personalities.

History

WAUD is the oldest radio station in Auburn, Alabama, going on the air in 1947.

The station is currently an affiliate of ESPN Radio, the CBS Radio Network, The Paul Finebaum Radio Network, and the radio home of Bob Sanders for 53 years. Its format is a mix of nostalgic music with special local programming in the morning, news, talk, and sports. WAUD is the home of Auburn High School athletic broadcasts, including football, basketball, and baseball.

Programming

Notable weekday programming includes Bob Sanders on mornings. Sanders has been affiliated with WAUD for over 53 years. 39 year radio veteran DJ and station program director Mark David Sawyer follows in late mornings with more unique and special audio. He began his career at WAUD in 1970. Other local programming includes "Sports X with Bill Bailey and Sharpie" weeknights and Auburn First Baptist church services on Sunday mornings. Sunday mornings also a include jazz, big band, and nostalgia music block.

Syndicated programming includes The Mike Tirico Show, Paul Finebaum, ESPN's The Pulse, ESPN's GameNight, and ESPN's AllNight with Jason Smith.

Sports & News

WAUD provides CBS Radio Network updates at the top of every hour, except during ESPN programming, when ESPN Radio SportsCenter airs. The Alabama Radio Network provides WAUD with state news and sports updates throughout the day. Local news and weather are read live throughout the broadcast day during local programming hours. WAUD carries the entire CBS World News Roundup, America's longest tenured network newscast on either radio or TV, each morning at 7am CST.

The region's only call-in sports program, "Sports Call", originated on WAUD before moving to sister station WQSI 93.9 FM in 2007. WAUD carries the Sports Call pre-game and post-game shows during the Auburn University football season.

In July 2007, WAUD became the Auburn affiliate of The Paul Finebaum Radio Network.

References

* [http://www.waudradio.com WAUD history]

External links

* [http://www.waudradio.com WAUD official website]
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* [http://www.myspace.com/waud1230 WAUD MySpace]
* [http://www.sportscallonline.com/radio Sports X Online] - WAUD's call-in sports program