V949

at 3025 Ensley Avenue, Birmingham , 35207 United States

1. Media
2. Radio Station
3. Broadcasting & Media Production
4. Broadcasting & Media Production Company

WATV/V900-AM has an extensive and upbeat live staff that will provide you with INFORMATION, INSPIRATION AND ENTERTAINMENT all week long!!! Tell a friend to tune in to V900 and listen to one of the best line-ups in the city!

Description

WATV signed on the air in 1946 as WRAX. It took it’s present call sign in 1958 as a CBS affiliated, dual talk/MOR formatted station. Prior to then, the call sign of the station was WLBS. Due to the restrictions of the Federal Communications Commission, the station originally broadcast only during daylight hours. In 1976, the owner of WENN, the top-rated urban formatted station in Birmingham, died. WENN was then bought by a local businessman Dr. A. G. Gaston, who immediately fired Joe Lackey, the station manager; all of the radio announcers quit in protest. Lackey was then given a job to manage WATV, a radio station located on the 20th floor of the Thomas Jefferson Hotel (the now abandoned Leer Tower), where he brought all the former WENN personalities with him. Lackey and the ex-WENN announcers immediately became the top-rated radio station in Birmingham. During the 1980s, the station’s format evolved from soul music to the forerunner of today’s urban adult contemporary format. In 1994, WATV dropped the urban AC for ABC Radio Networks Urban Gold. Eventually the station was forced to move to 3025 Ensley Avenue, where the station remains to this day. In 2002, the station owners, The Rev. Dr. Erskine Faush and Dr. Shelley Stewart, both longtime radio personalities in the Birmingham area, sold the station to MCL/MCM-INC, a subsidiary of Sheridan Broadcasting. On September 14,2006, Sheridan Broadcasting restructured its radio division, and WATV was put under the control of MCL/MCM Alabama LLC. In April 2017, Courtney French purchased WATV. Courtney strives for WATV to continue to provide great music and valuable information to the community. He humbly stands on the shoulders of many foot soldiers and civil rights activists who paved the way, so that a child from West End could one day be the owner of a radio station such as this and he firmly believes the best is yet to come. What you should know is that WATV is the home for information in the mornings with our Open Mic talk show hosted by Birmingham radio veteran, Ron January. Ron has daily news makers of the community talking about issues that are important to the Black community and the overall community! Ron is followed by Ron Marshall. Ron plays the best inspirational Gospel Praise music on this side of Heaven sprinkled with words of encouragement. Beginning at 10 am daily, check out Vanessa "The Midday Diva" who rocks the air waves till 2 pm followed by Chris Coleman. Chris Coleman has been a Birmingham entertainment fixture for many years. He provides you with a fun drive home each day with old school R&B, news, traffic and information. The Community Program Knowledge is Power is on from 6 pm-8 pm,then it's Nights with the "V"– which is the most romantic and relaxing music in Birmingham until midnight. On Sundays gets ready for church with the best gospel music and church programs in Birmingham. Beginning at 4 pm, Charles “CC” Scott eases the city into the evening hours with the Sunday Afternoon Jazz Set til 9 p.m. This is really the only place to find Jazz on the commercial radio dial in Birmingham. CC is followed by Nights with the "V" which takes us up to the midnight hour with the best in After Dark Old School music in the city. So, as you can see, we have a very extensive and upbeat staff that will provide you with INFORMATION, INSPIRATION AND ENTERTAINMENT all week long!!! Tell a friend to tune in and listen to one of the best line ups in the city! The secret is out, so tell everyone you know about 900 GOLD WATV! WATV's mission is to provide entertainment and keep the Birmingham area informed of the happenings in the City while providing a voice for the citizens.

Opening time

• Mondays: 09:00- 17:00
• Tuesdays: 09:00- 17:00
• Wednesdays: 09:00- 17:00
• Thursdays: 09:00- 17:00
• Fridays: 09:00- 17:00

Company Rating

3895 FB users likes V949, set it to 6 position in Likes Rating for Birmingham, Alabama in Broadcasting & Media Production Company category

Summary

V949 is Birmingham based place and this enity listed in Broadcasting & Media Production category. Located at 3025 Ensley Avenue AL 35207. Contact phone number of V949: (205) 780-2014