WAGH (101.3 FM) is a

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broadcasting an

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music format. WAGH is licensed to serve the community of

Smiths, Alabama Smiths Station is a city in Lee County, Alabama. It is part of the Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia. At the time of the 2000 census, it was still a census-designated place (CDP), and its population was 6,756. The area that incorporated as ...

, United States. The station is currently owned by

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(with the license held by iHM Licenses, LLC) and features programming from

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and

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. Its studios are in Columbus east of downtown, and its transmitter is outside

Ladonia, Alabama Ladonia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Russell County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 3,074. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geograp ...

In September 2004, this station, then known as WBFA, flipped from a

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format branded as "B101" to an

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/ hip-hop music format branded as "The Beat". In September 2007, this format, branding, and the

WBFA WBFA (98.3 FM, "98.3 The Beat") is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary format. Licensed to Fort Mitchell, Alabama, the station is owned by J. Christopher Martin, through licensee RCG Media, LLC, and features programming from Westwo ...

call letters were swapped with sister station WAGH. The station was assigned the WAGH call letters by the

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on September 4, 2007.

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* AGH Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1998 1998 establishments in Alabama IHeartMedia radio stations {{Alabama-radio-station-stub