WATV is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, broadcasting at 900 AM. Its daytime power is 845 watts, and at nighttime, it broadcasts at 158 watts. Known on the air as “900 Gold”, WATV is an urban oldies music station, specializing in soul, R&B, disco, and early hip-hop from the 50's, 60's and 70's. It is owned by MCL/MCM ALABAMA, LLC, a subsidiary of Sheridan Broadcasting. In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ...

History of WATV

WATV came on the air in 1958, as a CBS Talk/MOR station. In 1976, the owner of WENN, the #1 Urban station in Birmingham, died. WENN was bought by local businessman A. G. Gaston, who immediately fired Joe Lackey, the station manager. All of the DJs quit when Lackey was fired. He was given a job managaing WATV, a radio station located on the 20th floor of the Thomas Jefferson Hotel (now the Cabana Hotel), where he brought all the former DJs with him, changing the station's format to what it is today. Middle of the road or MOR is a broad term encompassing a number of musical styles. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... WENN, Hallelujuah 105. ... Arthur George Gaston (July 4, 1892 – January 19, 1996) was an African American businessman who established a number of businesses in Birmingham, Alabama and who played a significant role in the struggle to integrate Birmingham in 1963. ...

Eventually the station was forced to move to 3025 Ensley Avenue, where they remain to this day.

In 2002, the stations owners, Rev. Dr. Erksine Faush and Shelly Stewart, two longtime radio personalties in the Birmingham area, sold the station to MCL/MCM-INC, a subsidiary of Sheridan Broadcasting. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

On September 14, 2006, Sheridan Broadcasting restructured their radio stations, and WATV was put under the control of MCL/MCM ALABAMA, LLC. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official Website of WATV
• Radio/TV page of Birmingham Rewound