Broadcast area Huntsville, Alabama ERP 5,400 watts Facility ID 25383 Frequency 106.1 MHz Format Classic rock Area Huntsville Slogan Huntsville's Classic Rock | First air date 1991 (as WYAM-FM) HAAT 221 meters (726 feet) Former callsigns WYAM-FM (1991-1993) City of license Hartselle Owner iHeartMedia Inc Branding Classic Rock 106.1 TAK | |
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WTAK-FM (106.1 FM, "Classic Rock 106.1 TAK") is a classic rock formatted radio station licensed to Hartselle, Alabama, and owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. It serves Huntsville, Alabama, and the central Tennessee Valley area. Its broadcast tower is located on Brindlee Mountain in Morgan County, Alabama, near the Union Hill community.
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WTAK-FM is one of the top-rated radio stations in the Huntsville market.
Personalities
Notable local personalities on WTAK include Erich West and Big Nate. Notable syndicated programming includes The John Boy and Billy Big Show on weekday mornings.
Afternoon host "Mr. Bill", apparently local, is actually Charlotte, North Carolina, radio host Bill Summerville. Summerville records his five-hour air shift in about forty minutes on a computer in Charlotte as digital voice tracks for later playback on the air at WTAK-FM. This use of "voice tracking" is a practice common to many Clear Channel-owned radio stations. WTAK-AM and WAAY-AM had a local Mr. Bill show in the 1970s and 1980s hosted by Bill McClendon. (McClendon is now a weekend on-air personality at WLRH-FM.)
Programming
In addition to its regular music programming, WTAK-FM is an affiliate of the Auburn University football radio network.
History
WTAK-FM was originally known by the call sign WYAM-FM and went on the air around November 1991. WTAK-AM (1000 AM, now WDJL) shifted its programming solely to the 106.1 FM signal in late 1993 after several months of simulcast. This station was assigned the WTAK-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 6, 1993.