WHAB
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WHAB
| logo =
| city = Acton, Massachusetts
| country = US
| area =
| branding =
| frequency = {{Frequency|89.1|MHz}}
| translator =
| repeater =
| airdate = August 1, 1979{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-207|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-AL-NE-BC-YB-1999..pdf|access-date=January 14, 2012}}
| format = High school radio
| language =
| power =
| erp = 8 watts
| haat = {{convert|8|m|sp=us}}
| class = D
| facility_id = 426
| licensing_authority = FCC
| coordinates = {{coord|42|28|48.3|N|71|27|26.2|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = High school, Acton-Boxborough
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| affiliations =
| owner = Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
| licensee = Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
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| webcast =
| website = {{ubl|[http://whab.abschools.org/ WHAB Online] (Official)|[https://sites.google.com/site/whabfm/ WHAB Online] (Alt.)}}
}}
WHAB (89.1 FM) is a high school radio station licensed to serve Acton, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Acton-Boxborough Regional High School and licensed to the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District. It airs a high school radio format.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile}} WHAB is one of more than a dozen FCC-licensed high school radio stations in the state of Massachusetts.{{cite news |work=New England Radio Watch |title=A Big Move? |date=April 30, 1996 |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-960430.html |first=Scott |last=Fybush}}
The station was assigned the WHAB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.{{cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=426&Callsign=WHAB}}
After technical issues that left the station silent for a time in the early 1990s, WHAB returned to full-time broadcasting in 1995.{{cite news |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/yir-1995.html |title=1995 Year In Review |work=New England Radio Watch |first=Scott |last=Fybush |date=December 31, 1995}} In addition to its FM signal, WHAB's programming is carried on Acton Community Television and in a studio room near the high school's cafeteria.
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External links
- {{official website|http://whab.abschools.org/}}
- [https://sites.google.com/site/whabfm/ WHAB Alternative website]
- {{FM station data|426|WHAB}}
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{{Other Radio Stations in Massachusetts}}
Category:High school radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1979
Category:Mass media in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Category:1979 establishments in Massachusetts
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