WDBT (103.9 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to serve Fort Novosel, Alabama, United States, part of the Dothan market.
This station began regular broadcasting in 1974 as WAYD-FM with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power on a frequency of 103.9 MHz and licensed to serve the community of Ozark, Alabama.
[7] In October 1988, MSB Communications, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Wesley R. Morgan.
[2] In September 1995, Sunrise Broadcasting of Alabama, Inc., contracted to sell WQLS-FM to Woods Communications Group, Inc.
[2] In May 2002, Styles Broadcasting Inc. (Kim Styles, CEO) reached an agreement to purchase country music formatted WJRL-FM and gospel music formatted sister station WQLS from Jimmy Jarrell for a reported sale price of $750,000.
[20] In January 2009, the station applied to the FCC for authorization to change its community of license to Fort Rucker, Alabama.
[21] Shortly after Noon local time on April 1, 2009, the station began stunting with a continuous loop of "For Those About to Rock" by AC/DC.
This time, the format changed to sports talk, branded as "Sportstalk 103.9", and picking up the market's rights to Auburn University athletics.
On January 23, 2013, WJRL-FM went silent (off the air) and its rock format moved to WLDA 100.5 FM Slocomb, Alabama, which flipped from urban.
Effective October 13, 2015, Southeast Alabama Broadcasters consummated the sale of WDBT to Gulf South Communications, Inc. for $260,000.
On March 11, 2019 WDBT launched an adult contemporary format on its HD2 subchannel, branded as "Music 107.7" (simulcast on translator W299BX 107.7 FM Dothan).