WAOL | |
City: | Ripley, Ohio |
Area: | Cincinnati metropolitan area |
Branding: | The Edge 99.5 |
Frequency: | 99.5 MHz |
Airdate: | 1993 |
Format: | Hot Adult Contemporary |
Erp: | 13,000 watts |
Class: | C3 |
Facility Id: | 56226 |
Former Callsigns: | WXKD (1990–1992, CP) |
Owner: | Donald Bowles and Venita Frame Bowles |
Licensee: | Dreamcatcher Communications, Inc. |
Website: | 995TheEdge.fm |
WAOL (99.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Ripley, Ohio, and serving the southeastern suburbs of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. It carries a hot adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Donald Bowles and Venita Frame Bowles, through licensee Dreamcatcher Communications, Inc. It calls itself "99-5 The Edge."
WAOL has an effective radiated power of 13,000 watts. The transmitter is off Vermillion Pike in Stonewall, Kentucky.[1]
In 1993, the station signed on the air. It formerly aired an Adult Hits music format as "Max FM," then relaunched as "The Edge" in October 2013 after a period of identifying as simply "The New 99.5 WAOL."