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The Essentials

Call Letters: WGAB
Frequency: 1180am
City of License: Newburgh
Metro(s): Evansville
Power: 670 watts - Day, Non-directional; 1 watt - Night (Class D)
Format: Religious
Address: PO Box 2463, Evansville, IN 47728-0463
Address: 2345 E. Riverside Dr., Evansville, IN 47714-4328
Phone: 812.479.5342
Ownership: Faith Broadcasting, LLC
Web Presence: http://www.faithmusicradio.com
Notes: Also heard on translator W226CB

Station Personnel

Current

President: Dr. Gayle Russ
VP/GM: Daniel Wolfe
Chief Engineer: Jonathan Williams
Mornings: Jonathan Williams
Middays: Janice Wolfe (11am - 1pm)

Former

WJJN(AM)

GM: Donald G. David

WGAB(AM)

Owner: Don Davis
Chief Engineer: Frank Hertel
GSM/SM: Jeff Davis
GSM: Jason Rosenthal
SM: Mike Fisher
PD: Linda Davis
PD: Nick Davis
Mornings: The Greaseman (Signon - 9am)
Mid-Mornings: Mike Gallagher (9am - 11am)
Middays: Bill O'Reilly (11am - 1pm)
Middays: Jason Jarvis (1pm - 2pm)
Mid-Afternoons: Sean Hannity (2pm - 5pm)
Afternoons: Barry Farber (5pm - 6pm)
Nights: Michael Savage (6pm - Signoff)

Station History

1180am signed on March 5, 1984.

WJJN(AM)

Owned by Newburgh Broadcasting Corp. Studios located on Highway 261 and Outler Lincoln Avenue. MOR format.

WGAB(AM)

WGAB(AM) flipped formats from sports (One-on-One Network) to standards (JSN's "Music of Your Life") in March 1999. Formerly owned by Newburgh Broadcasting Corp. Studios formerly located at South Boeke Road, Evansville, IN 47714-4933. WGAB once had a former FM sister station: WSYZ on 106.1fm.

For Further Reading...

Coudret, Rebecca. "Sports Station Changing Its Format". Evansville Courier & Press. February 27, 1999.
DeWitte, Dave. "Newburgh Radio Station Drops Sports Chat". Owensboro (KY) Messenger-Inquirer. March 4, 1999.


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