City Ashtabula Frequency 1600 kHz Last air date October 01, 1982 | Branding WAST 1600 First air date February 06, 1964 | |
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Broadcast area Northeast Ohio (limited) | ||
WAST (1600 AM) – was a commercial daytime-only radio station licensed to Ashtabula, Ohio, serving parts of Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania. The station went dark on October 1, 1982.
WAQI
What ended up becoming WAST first went on the air on February 6, 1964 as WAQI, broadcasting at 1,000 watts during daytime hours only using a two tower directional antenna with majority of the signal going east and west. WAQI fell silent on October 1, 1982 when the FCC license expired. Although 1600 never returned to the air, it was licensed again on May 21, 1984 under the call sign WAST The license for WAST expired on June 7, 1991, and has since been deleted by the FCC. FCC rules now prohibit the re-licensing of daytime stations, so the station is gone forever. The original transmitter/studio building and the north tower still stand on North Bend Rd in Ashtabula.