WABF 1480 AM

A commercial AM radio station licensed to Mobile, Alabama, broadcasting at 1480 kHz with studios located in downtown Fairhope. Owned by Donald Pugh through Eternity Media Group WABF, LLC, the station carries an oldies and adult standards format drawing from the 1950s through the 1980s, including genres such as rock and roll, Motown, the British Invasion, and American standards from artists ranging from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin to the Beatles and Neil Diamond. The station operates at 5,000 watts during daytime hours, reducing to 4,400 watts with a directional antenna at night to limit interference. The station traces its origins to WABB, which first signed on June 19, 1948, under ownership of the Mobile Register newspaper. It was a Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate during radio's golden age before transitioning to a Top 40 format under subsequent ownership. The current operation focuses on mature adult and senior listeners in the Baldwin and Mobile County area, supplementing the music format with weekday local news reports hosted by Lori DuBose, a community interview program, and the Gulf Coast Swap Shop, a call-in trading program airing Monday through Saturday mornings. The station streams online and through mobile apps in addition to its terrestrial broadcast.