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WOKS

WOKS is a radio station broadcasting an urban oldies format. Licensed to serve Columbus, Georgia, United States, the station serves the immediate area around Columbus and suburban Phenix City, Alabama. The station is currently owned by Davis Broadcasting, Inc. of Columbus. Its radio studios are co-located with four other sister stations on Wynnton Road in Columbus east of downtown, and its transmitter is located in Columbus southeast of downtown.

Last revised
Jun 30, 2026
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≈ 1 min
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Source
WOKS
Broadcast area
Columbus, Georgia area
Frequency1340 kHz
Programming
FormatUrban oldies
Ownership
Owner
  • Davis Broadcasting, Inc.
  • (Davis Broadcasting, Inc. of Columbus)
WEAM-FM, WFXE, WIOL, WIOL-FM, WKZJ
Technical information1
Licensing authority
FCC
15846
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
32°27′7.00″N 84°58′25.00″W / 32.4519444°N 84.9736111°W / 32.4519444; -84.9736111
Translator94.1 W231AO (Columbus)
Links
Public license information
Websitewoks1340.com

WOKS (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban oldies format. Licensed to serve Columbus, Georgia, United States, the station serves the immediate area around Columbus and suburban Phenix City, Alabama. The station is currently owned by Davis Broadcasting, Inc. of Columbus.2 Its radio studios are co-located with four other sister stations on Wynnton Road in Columbus east of downtown, and its transmitter is located in Columbus southeast of downtown.

In late February 2016, Davis' W243CE FM 96.5, located all the way on the far northeast edge of metro Atlanta, was given a construction permit to move to Columbus. The broadcast translator will air WOKS on 97.5 with 250 watts from a height of 53 meters (174 ft). Ordinarily prohibited, the long-distance move is allowed under the FCC's "AM revitalization" program, which allows AM stations (but not other low-power community stations like LPFM) to take existing FM translators and the service they provide away from their current areas and use them to duplicate their own service in the same area the main station already serves, without having to overlap the translator's previous service contour.

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