WOAP AM 1080 Owosso 
Slogan/Positioner: The Big 1080; Michigan's Big Oldies
Format: Oldies
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Class: D
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 1 / omnidirectional
Daytime operations only
Construction permit:
Class: D
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 50,000 watts / 6 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 4,500 watts / 6 / directional
Community of license change to Waverly
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Call Sign History: WOAP
Call Sign Origin: Owosso Argus Press (original owner)
On Air Date: January 1, 1948
Owner: Birach Broadcasting
Telephone: (248) 557-3500
Notes/History:
- 8/14/2009: WOAP resumes operation from its Owosso studio location with an oldies format and announces that plans to move the station to Lansing were being abandoned.
- 7/2009: FCC approves purchase of WOAP and WCAR and the deal closes.
- 5/2009: Birach Broadcasting purchases WOAP AM 1080 Owosso and WCAR AM 1090 Livonia/Detroit from 1090 Investments, LLC for $1,025,000 pending FCC approvals and closing.
- 11/2008: Construction permit granted to add nighttime service at Waverly (4,500 watts with 6-tower array).
- Summer 2008: Station returns to the air for a short time then again goes silent.
- 7/20/2007: Station is silent once again.
- 3/2007: WOAP returns to air; programming is Religious/Catholic once again, simulcast of WCAR 1090 Detroit
- 3/2007: Construction permit granted for community of license change from Owosso to Waverly, increase in power from 1,000 watts to 50,000 watts with a new 6-tower array to be built in Ingham county south of Lansing.
- 8/2006: Major change application for moving the station's daytime operations to the Lansing area (Waverly) reinstated. Station withdrew its applicaton for nighttime operations.
- 4/14/2006: WOAP ceases operations, at least temporarily, as it has applied for temporary silent authorization from the FCC.
- 1/2006: Secular programming is dropped as station shifts to all-Religious/Catholic programming
- 6/2003: Application for move to Lansing area with power increase and added nighttime service is dismissed
- 2000: Station applies for major change to move to Waverly (near Lansing)
- 2/18/2000: License is assigned to 1090 Investments from Hartman Broadcasting
- 3/2/1998: Purchased by William & Jessica Janego (Hartman Broadcasting)
- 199x: Purchased by Connoisseur Communications
- 5/15/1987: Purchased by Michigan Communications Corp.
- Original Owner: Owosso Argus-Press
Licensed center of antenna array/transmitter location:
Shiawassee County
Const permit transmitter location:
Ingham County
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