WBAT
Radio station in Marion, IN, US
WBAT (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Marion, Indiana, United States, and serving Grant County, including Muncie. Before going silent on December 15, 2025, it broadcast an oldies format, with a morning news and talk show, along with sports programming nights and weekends, including Chicago Cubs baseball. The station is owned by Hoosier AM/FM LLC.
The transmitter is on South Miller Ave., off West 2nd Street, near the General Motors Marion Stamping Plant. Programming has also been heard over FM translator W288DN at 105.5 MHz.
01History
The station signed on the air on June 7, 1947. It was originally a daytimer on 1600 kilocycles. WBAT was powered at 500 watts by day but was required to go off the air at night. It was owned by the Marion Radio Corporation.
The station eventually switched its frequency to 1400 AM, getting a boost to 1,000 watts and authorization to broadcast around the clock.
On December 15, 2025, WBAT ceased operations and went silent.
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- WBAT 1400AMMarion logo.png by WBAT (Rudy2alan 13:30, 6 September 2018 (UTC)), Public domain
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