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{{Infobox radio station<br />
| name = WACT<br />
| logo = WACT_969MyFM.png<br />
| city = [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]<br />
| area =<br />
| branding = ''96.9 My FM''<br />
| frequency = 1420 [[kHz]] {{HD Radio}}<br />
| translator = 96.9 W245BR (Tuscaloosa)<br />
| airdate = September [[1958 in radio|1958]]<br />
| format = [[Adult contemporary]]<br />
| power = 5,000 [[watt]]s (day)<br>108 watts (night)<br />
| class = D<br />
| facility_id = 48643<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|33|10|30|N|87|33|18|W}}<br />
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''A'''labama '''C'''rimson '''T'''ide<ref name="bob">{{cite web |title=Call Letter Origins |url=http://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html |publisher=The Broadcast Archive |last=Nelson |first=Bob |date=February 1, 2009 |accessdate=March 2, 2009}}</ref><br />
| former_callsigns = WACT (1958–2008)<br>WENN (2008–2009)<ref name="fcc1"/><br />
| affiliations = <br />
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]<br />
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC<br />
| sister_stations = [[WRTR]], [[WTXT]], [[WZBQ]]<br />
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/969-myfm-6832/ Listen Live]<br />
| website = [https://969myfm.iheart.com/ 969myfm.iheart.com] <br />
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''WACT''' (1420 [[AM broadcasting|AM]], "96.9 My FM") is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]], United States. The station, founded in [[1958 in radio|1958]], is currently owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]] and the license is held by iHM Licenses, LLC.<br />
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==Programming==<br />
WACT broadcasts an [[adult contemporary]] format.<ref name="arb1">{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile}}</ref> WACT also broadcasts games of the [[Atlanta Braves]], from that [[Major League Baseball]] team's region-wide [[radio network]].<br />
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Notable former weekday programs included a local morning show hosted by Steve Shannon and Leah Brandon as well as a regional afternoon talk show hosted by Dominick Brascia. Syndicated programming on WACT once included shows hosted by [[Rick and Bubba]], [[Michael Savage (commentator)|Michael Savage]], [[Clark Howard]], and [[Phil Hendrie]].<br />
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On April 5, 2018, MYFM started airing nationally syndicated, ''[[The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show]]''.<br />
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==History==<br />
WACT signed on the air in 1958 as an AM only, but in 1964 added 105.5 WACT FM. Clyde Price founded the stations under New South Radio, Inc. He owned and worked on-air WACT until his retirement in 1993. He was relieved as morning man by his oldest son Wally Price, who has been a personality in Tuscaloosa radio since the early 1970s. Price began his career at WKUL in Cullman, AL. He graduated from the University of Alabama School of Communication in 1952. WACT AM/FM was family-owned for forty years. <br />
Known as '''WACT''' for 50 years from September 1958 to September 2008, the station was assigned the call letters '''WENN''' by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on September 18, 2008.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=48643&Callsign=WACT |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref> The station aired a [[sports radio|sports]] format as "1420 The Tusk".<br />
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The '''WACT''' callsign was restored on February 25, 2009.<ref name="fcc1"/> This change accompanied a change to a news/talk format and rebranding as "News Radio 1420".<br />
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On October 29, 2012 WACT changed their format to comedy, branded as "Comedy 1420".<br />
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On August 11, 2014 WACT changed their format to urban gospel, branded as "Hallelujah 1420".<br />
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In March 2015 WACT changed their format to adult contemporary, branded as "96.9 My FM" (simulcast on FM translator W245BR 96.9 FM Tuscaloosa).<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{AM station data|48643|WACT}}<br />
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|72709|W245BR}}<br />
*{{FXL|W245BR}}<br />
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{{Tuscaloosa Radio}}<br />
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Alabama}}<br />
{{IHeartMedia}}<br />
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[[Category:Radio stations in Alabama|ACT]]<br />
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1958]]<br />
[[Category:Tuscaloosa County, Alabama]]<br />
[[Category:1958 establishments in Alabama]]<br />
[[Category:IHeartMedia radio stations]]<br />
[[Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States]]</div>imported>Ser Amantio di Nicolao