WBAT
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Broadcast area | Grant County, Indiana |
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1400 kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hoosier AM/FM LLC |
| WCJC, WMRI, WXXC | |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 41841 | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
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| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Template:Radio Relay |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | WBAT.com |
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WBAT (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Marion, Indiana, United States, and serving Grant County, including Muncie. Before going silent on December 15, 2025, it broadcast an oldies format, with a morning news and talk show, along with sports programming nights and weekends, including Chicago Cubs baseball. The station is owned by Hoosier AM/FM LLC.[2]
The transmitter is on South Miller Ave., off West 2nd Street, near the General Motors Marion Stamping Plant. Programming has also been heard over FM translator W288DN at 105.5 MHz.
History
The station signed on the air on June 7, 1947.[3] It was originally a daytimer on 1600 kilocycles. WBAT was powered at 500 watts by day but was required to go off the air at night. It was owned by the Marion Radio Corporation.
The station eventually switched its frequency to 1400 AM, getting a boost to 1,000 watts and authorization to broadcast around the clock.
On December 15, 2025, WBAT ceased operations and went silent.[4]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WBAT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WBAT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 124, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ Reaminder of Marion IN Cluster Signs-Off After WCJC/WXXC Sale Radioinsight - December 16, 2025
External links
- 1400 WBAT Facebook
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- WBAT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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