WMAV-AM
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WMAV-AM ("Making A Voice") was the first voice radio station licensed to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn in September 1922. It broadcast from Broun Hall using a 1,500-watt transmitter.
The station became WAPI-AM with the donation of equipment from the Alabama Power's former WSY-AM. The station was moved back to Birmingham in 1928, with the Institute retaining part ownership.
References
- Brumbeloe, Samuel J. and J. Emmett Winn (2005) "WAPI: Entertainment and Sports Broadcasting at an Education Radio Station in the 1920s". Ch. 5 of Winn, John Emmett and Susan L. Brinson, eds. Transmitting the Past: Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Broadcasting. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press