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V949 V949 has an UPBEAT live staff that will provide you with INFORMATION, INSPIRATION, AD ENTERTAINMENT everyday! Listen to the best line-up in this city!!! G.

WATV signed on the air in 1946 as WRAX. It took it’s present call sign in 1958 as a CBS affiliated, dual talk/MOR formatted station. Prior to then, the call sign of the station was WLBS. Due to the restrictions of the Federal Communications Commission, the station originally broadcast only during daylight hours. In 1976, the owner of WENN, the top-rated urban formatted station in Birmingham, died.

WENN was then bought by a local businessman Dr. A. Gaston, who immediately fired Joe Lackey, the station manager; all of the radio announcers quit in protest. Lackey was then given a job to manage WATV, a radio station located on the 20th floor of the Thomas Jefferson Hotel (the now abandoned Leer Tower), where he brought all the former WENN personalities with him. Lackey and the ex-WENN announcers immediately became the top-rated radio station in Birmingham. During the 1980s, the station’s format evolved from soul music to the forerunner of today’s urban adult contemporary format. In 1994, WATV dropped the urban AC for ABC Radio Networks Urban Gold. Eventually the station was forced to move to 3025 Ensley Avenue, where the station remains to this day. In 2002, the station owners, The Rev. Dr. Erskine Faush and Dr. Shelley Stewart, both longtime radio personalities in the Birmingham area, sold the station to MCL/MCM-INC, a subsidiary of Sheridan Broadcasting. On September 14,2006, Sheridan Broadcasting restructured its radio division, and WATV was put under the control of MCL/MCM Alabama LLC. In April 2017, Courtney French purchased WATV. Courtney strives for WATV to continue to provide great music and valuable information to the community. He humbly stands on the shoulders of many foot soldiers and civil rights activists who paved the way, so that a child from West End could one day be the owner of a radio station such as this and he firmly believes the best is yet to come. V949 WATV is the home for LOCAL, LIVE, AND LIT mornings with The HOMETEAM MORNING SHOW with Homie Jay, Bennie, and Dreka. They talk about what's important to Birmingham
Beginning at 10am daily, check out Lady Woo's "Fun-Sway in your Midday," and commercial free Woo for U Midday Mix at 12Noon, The Fun-Sway Continues until 3pm followed by The Chris Coleman Radio Network. Chris Coleman has been a Birmingham entertainment fixture for many years. He provides you with a fun drive home each day with old school R&B, news, traffic and information. From 7p-10p we want to welcome you to Room 1420 with the legendary Isis Jones them it's Nights with the "V"– which is the most romantic and relaxing music in Birmingham until 2am


So, as you can see, we have a very extensive and upbeat staff that will provide you with INFORMATION, INSPIRATION AND ENTERTAINMENT all week long!!! Tell a friend to tune in and listen to one of the best line ups in the city! The secret is out, so tell everyone you know about the All New V949 WATV

04/24/2025

The Think Tank! 😳

HOLLA AT YOUR GIRL ON THURSDAY'S NIGHTS YOU GO Woo Woodruff
04/24/2025

HOLLA AT YOUR GIRL ON THURSDAY'S NIGHTS YOU GO Woo Woodruff

CHECK OUT OUR VERY OWN Keisa Sharpe GETTING HER MC/HOSTING WITH UPSCALE SINGLES!!! CHECK OUT FLYER FOR DETAILS.
04/24/2025

CHECK OUT OUR VERY OWN Keisa Sharpe GETTING HER MC/HOSTING WITH UPSCALE SINGLES!!! CHECK OUT FLYER FOR DETAILS.

Barrett Elementary School Career Day! They will be joining me today at 3!
04/24/2025

Barrett Elementary School Career Day! They will be joining me today at 3!

04/23/2025

Think Tank Technical Issues!

Stop by the V949 table TODAY at Network & Chill!See you on the Roof Top at Michael's Restaurant with pioneers like Bobbi...
04/22/2025

Stop by the V949 table TODAY at Network & Chill!
See you on the Roof Top at Michael's Restaurant with pioneers like Bobbie Knight begins at 5:30pm Free entry when you register at Networkchill.org or scan QR Code!

04/21/2025

Network & Chill Birmingham at Michaels Restaurant

Go here for the praise
04/18/2025

Go here for the praise

04/18/2025

Cricket Wireless in Ensley is 🔥

04/18/2025

Think Tank Change of plans

We are out here! This beautiful Good Friday is going up from 3pm-5pm at in Ensley 4610 Avenue V Suite B. Fit your lifes...
04/18/2025

We are out here! This beautiful Good Friday is going up from 3pm-5pm at in Ensley 4610 Avenue V Suite B. Fit your lifestyle without being tied down by contracts with Cricket Wireless. Oh, they have Easter Baskets giveaways while they last and food trucks.

04/18/2025

It’s STI Awareness Week and I am at the Eastern Health Center for Jefferson County Department of Health

The Regions Bank was/is the best place for Financial Literacy for students, parents, and anyone that needs to know the...
04/18/2025

The Regions Bank was/is the best place for Financial Literacy for students, parents, and anyone that needs to know the correct way to handle finances in a the real world. Great to be partnering with institutions and individuals who value our youth and families! Check out the pics from the event and listen to V94.9 Watv for the next Region Reality Check.

Great Time This Weekend! Come celebrate
04/18/2025

Great Time This Weekend! Come celebrate

04/17/2025

Here is an example of a partnership going right with James Cornner catch him at -owned

04/14/2025

Join us for politics our way! Let's talk about A Novel Tasting and more!

04/13/2025

Live from James Bradberry IV All Pro Blitz Gala

Address

3025 Ensley Avenue
Birmingham, AL
35207

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+12057802014

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