WAOK
WAOK (1380 AM) is a commercial radio station, owned by Audacy, Inc., in Atlanta, Georgia. WAOK broadcasts from studios at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta. It is Atlanta's third-oldest continuously licensed broadcast station and the fifth oldest in Georgia.
| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1380 kHz |
| Branding | News & Talk 1380 WAOK |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Urban talk radio |
| Affiliations | CBS News Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | 1928 |
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Call sign meaning | Atlanta OK (former owners of the station) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 63775 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 33°45′36″N 84°28′45″W |
| Repeater(s) | 103.3 WVEE-HD3 (Atlanta) |
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| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
WAOK is a Class B station. Its transmitter site is on Chalmers Drive, Northwest, in Atlanta, near the Ralph David Abernathy Freeway (Interstate 20). It operates with a power of 25,000 watts during the daytime, using a non-directional antenna. At night, when AM radio signals travel farther, in order to protect other stations on AM 1380 it reduces power to 4,200 watts and uses a directional antenna.
WAOK airs a talk radio format aimed at the African American community. It has local hosts in morning and afternoon drive time with the syndicated Rev. Al Sharpton Show heard in early afternoons. WAOK is also heard on the HD3 subchannel of sister station 103.3 WVEE.