| WBAT | |
| City: | Marion, Indiana |
| Area: | Grant County, Indiana |
| Branding: | 1400 and 105.5 WBAT |
| Frequency: | 1400 kHz |
| Format: | Oldies |
| Power: | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class: | C |
| Facility Id: | 41841 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5611°N -85.6917°W |
| Affiliations: | CBS News Radio Chicago Cubs Radio Network |
| Owner: | Hoosier AM/FM LLC |
| Sister Stations: | WCJC, WMRI, WXXC |
| Webcast: | Listen Live |
| Website: | WBAT.com |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WBAT (1400 AM) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Marion, Indiana, and serving Grant County, Indiana, including Muncie. It broadcasts an oldies radio 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, and features programming from CBS News Radio.[1]
WBAT is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. The transmitter is on South Miller Ave., off West 2nd Street, near General Motors Marion Stamping Plant.[2] Programming is also heard on 210 watt FM translator W288DN at 105.5 MHz.
The station signed on the air on .[3] 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.