WAKB

WAKB, known on-air as "Magic 100.9", is an urban adult contemporary radio station located in Augusta, Georgia. Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the town of Hephzibah, the station broadcasts on 100.9 FM with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 16,000 watts. The station's studios (which are shared with its other sister stations) are located at the aptly named intersection of Broadcast Drive and Radio Station Road in North Augusta, South Carolina, while a transmitter tower is located on Tobacco Road in Augusta.

Magic 100.9 is home to the Tom Joyner morning show and the Doug Banks Show in the afternoons. The station's main competition in the market is Clear Channel Communications' WKSP.

History

96.7 FM started in the late 1970s as WRNZ as a Top 40 outlet known as "Z96". The station changed frequencies from 96.7 to 96.9 and became WMJB in 1984 and WRDW-FM in 1985. In 1991, the station became WAKB. At first, it broadcast SMN's urban adult contemporary format known as "The Touch" but eventually went local in the late 1990s under the "Magic 96.9" name.