WAVS

This article is about the radio station. For the singular of the plural WAVs, see wav (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with waves.

WAVS (1170 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a World Ethnic format focusing on Caribbean music. Licensed to Davie, Florida, United States, the station serves the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area. The station is owned by Alliance Broadcasting.^[2]

WAVS

Davie, Florida
Broadcast area	Miami, Ft.Lauderdale area
Frequency	1170 kHz
Branding	Heartbeat Of The Caribbean
Programming
Format	World Ethnic
Ownership
Owner	Alliance Broadcasting
History
First air date	November 15, 1969
Call sign meaning	WAVeS
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58309
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day 250 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	26°4′39.00″N 80°13′3.00″W
Translator(s)	107.9 W300DF (North Miami Beach)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WAVS1170.com

History

The station was established on November 15, 1969,^[3] and went on the air in August 1970 on 1190 AM as a news/talk station with 5000 watts daytime only, licensed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Both studio and transmitter are located in Davie currently.

Sally Jesse worked there before she was known as Sally Jesse Raphael. WAVS is the longest-running Caribbean radio station in the U.S. and has been in a Caribbean format for over 30 years.