WDBT (FM)
WDBT (103.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1974, is currently owned by Georgia Edminston and the broadcast license held by Southeast Alabama Broadcasters, LLC. A sale to Alabama Media, LLC, is pending FCC approval.
WDBT broadcasts to the Dothan, Alabama, area. In addition to its usual programming, WLDA aired college football games as a member of the Auburn Tigers football radio network.
History
The beginning
This station began regular broadcasting 1974 as WAYD-FM with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power on a frequency of 103.9 MHz and licensed to serve the community of Ozark, Alabama. Station owner Wade B. Sullivan built it as an FM sister station to his WAYD (1190 AM, now WQLS (1220 AM)), also then licensed to serve Ozark.
The 1980s
In October 1981, Wade B. Sullivan agreed to sell this station to Raymond F. Akin, J.A. Baxter, Jr., and Gordon L. Bostic doing business as RJG Communications. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 3, 1981.
WDBT
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