WOUB (1340 AM) is a

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. Unlike its FM counterpart,

WOUB-FM WOUB-FM (91.3 MHz) is a public radio station in Athens, Ohio. Owned by Ohio University, it is the flagship of a five-station network known as Ohio University Public Radio. The studios and offices are on South College Street in Athens. WOUB- ...

, WOUB AM is generally more of a

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station, with mainly programming for residents of

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, plus alternative music programming, and news from the

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, among other programs. Owned and operated by

Ohio University Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the United States Department of the Treasury#Re ...

, WOUB is on the air daily from 6a.m. to midnight.

References

External links

WOUB official website

WOUB (AM) WOUB (1340 AM) is a public radio, public radio station in Athens, Ohio. Unlike its FM counterpart, WOUB-FM, WOUB AM is generally more of a community radio station, with mainly programming for residents of Athens County, Ohio, Athens County, plus ...

OUB United Overseas Bank Limited (), often known as UOB, is a Singaporean regional bank headquartered at Raffles Place, Singapore, with branches mostly found in Southeast Asia countries. It is one of the three "big local banks" in the country, th ...

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