WUAL-FM
Alabama Public Radio station in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
WUAL-FM (91.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the University of Alabama and is the flagship station of Alabama Public Radio. It signed on the air on September 7, 1982.
WUAL-FM is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The signal covers a region extending from Birmingham in the east to beyond the state line of Mississippi in the west.
Programming
Alabama Public Radio programming includes news, talk, classical music, folk music, jazz and adult album alternative. Weekdays begin with Morning Edition, with All Things Considered, Fresh Air and Marketplace heard in late afternoons. Middays and evenings feature classical music, including Performance Today. The BBC World Service runs overnight.
The public source identifies “WUAL-FM” as alabama Public Radio station in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WUAL-FM, Alabama and Public.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7956542. VIAF identifies the subject as 152737384. The Library of Congress control number is no94029322. Authority coordinates are 33.094, -87.413. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982.
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