WAUD is a radio station

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 broadcasting a Sports

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, Music

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, News

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, and Talk

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 format. Licensed to Auburn, Alabama

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, USA, the station serves the Lee County, Alabama

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, area. The station is currently owned by Tiger Communications. The station's official slogan is "The Voice of Auburn," and it has also been nicknamed "The Thousand-Watt Blowtorch" by past on-air personalities.
WAUD is the oldest radio station

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 in Auburn, Alabama

Auburn, Alabama

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, going on the air in 1947.

The station is currently an affiliate of ESPN Radio

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, the CBS Radio Network

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, The Paul Finebaum

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 Radio Network, and the radio home of Bob Sanders for 53 years.