WEIS is an American radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to the community of Centre, Alabama

Centre, Alabama

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. The station serves the Gadsden, Alabama

Gadsden, Alabama

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 and Anniston, Alabama

Anniston, Alabama

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, area. The station is owned by Baker Enterprises, Inc. It airs a Country music

Country music

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 format during the day and Southern Gospel

Southern Gospel

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 music at night and all day on Sunday. In addition to its music programming, WEIS broadcasts news updates all day plus Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 baseball, Auburn Tigers football

Auburn Tigers football

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, and daily Weiss Lake fishing reports.

The station was assigned the "WEIS" call sign

Call sign

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 by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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(FCC).

External links

• WEIS official website