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| Broadcast area | Space Coast (Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa) |
| Frequency | 107.1MHz |
| Branding | 107-1 A1A |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
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| History | |
First air date | November1972 (as WTAI-FM) |
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Call sign meaning | reference toFlorida State Road A1A |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60387 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 148 meters (486 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WAOA-FM (107.1MHz) is acommercial radio stationlicensed toMelbourne and covering Florida'sSpace Coast. Owned byCumulus Media, it broadcasts atop 40 (CHR)radio format. It calls itself "107.1 A1A", named after Coastal Florida highwayState Road A1A. The radio studios and offices are on West Hibiscus Boulevard in Melbourne.
WAOA-FM has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum power for non-grandfathered FM stations. It can be heard as far north asDaytona Beach, as far west asWinter Haven and far south asPort St. Lucie. Itstransmitter is in Melbourne, on Harlock Road, visible fromInterstate 95.[2] As of October 2007[update], the station was streamed online and can be accessed viaiHeartRadio,Audacy,TuneIn, or directly on WAOA's website.
In November 1972, the stationsigned on as WTAI-FM with anadult contemporary music format. It was the FM sister station toWTAI (1560 AM). WTAI-FM briefly aired abeautiful music format in 1978. Then on July 10, 1978, it changed itscall sign to WLLV, and its format toContemporary Christian music. On February 24, 1984, the call sign was switched to WVTI, and the format flipped toCHR.[3]
On December 15, 1989, the station changed call signs again, becoming WAOA, and changed its format tohot adult contemporary. It adjusted to mainstream adult contemporary in 1996, then back to CHR in 2002, a year after the station was bought by Cumulus.[3] The call sign was modified to WAOA-FM on June 29, 2000, when its AM sister station became WAOA.[4]
WAOA-FM is often ranked the most-listened-to radio station in the Cocoa Beach-Melbourne-TitusvilleNielsen Audio market.
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