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// W267BF Demopolis (Near Moundville)
"UA Info Radio 92.5"
// W223BZ Tuscaloosa
"BBC World Service"
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In 1971 the Board of Trustees filed an application to bring the station back to life, as a little 10 watt station, still on 91.7 MHz. Because the original calls were taken by a commercial station in town, they had to pick a new call sign and chose WUAL. When the station signed on in September 1972, the station catered to the college kids' music preferences and was listed as a Progressive Rock outlet.
The station sought to upgrade its coverage area in the late 70's and originally planned to run 100 kW from a site near the intersection of US-11 and AL-215, but that proposal was dropped for a site near Duncanville, south of the city limits, with a taller tower. That new facility signed on in 1981, utilizing a 10-bay Harris antenna, and implementing a 67 kHz SCA (Subsidiary Communications Authority) feed. Around the time the new signal signed on, the format switched from college-oriented to a full service public radio format. The college format was kicked over to the University's new lower powered student-run station, WVUA.
The station became an early adopter of the HD digital hybrid broadcasting system via an experimental permit in 2005, and eventually began carrying the Xponential Radio Adult Album Alternative format, until it ended national distribution. Today, The University programs its own AAA-formatted music format called APR Rocks.
For a time in 2016, the station was being heard on a translator in Demopolis as filler until the translator picked up a more permanent parent station. The University put on a new translator in Tuscaloosa in December 2016 on 92.5 MHz. That translator began relaying the main WUAL programming channel but is listed as relaying a future HD4 subchannel, whose programming has yet to be revealed.
The HD system went offline for replacement in February 2018, and came back on in August 2018, using a combined FM+HD antenna system, instead of the old system which had separate antennas for each broadcast. After the system was turned back on, the HD2 channel began carrying the "eXpoNential Radio" Adult Album Alternative format from WXPN in Philadelphia. It also began carrying game day announcements for people visiting the University for football games. In late August 2019, the HD-2 channel and translator re-launched as "UA Info Radio", a 24/7 feed of campus news and information. The station will also feature traffic and safety news during football game days and other major events on campus, as well as severe weather information when necessary. The HD-2 format is also being heard on an FM translator in town.