WAEV

WAEV

Savannah, Georgia
Broadcast area	Savannah, Georgia Hilton Head, South Carolina
Frequency	97.3MHz
Branding	97.3 Kiss FM
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WLVH,WQBT,WSOK,WTKS,WYKZ
History
First air date	1976(1976)
Former call signs	WXLM (1970s-1980)
Call signmeaning	Corruption ofwave(previous branding)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	50403
Class	C0
ERP	100,000watts
HAAT	396 meters (1,299 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	973kissfm.iheart

WAEV(97.3FM,"97.3Kiss FM") is a commercialradio stationlicensedtoSavannah, Georgia.Owned byiHeartMedia,it broadcasts acontemporary hit radioformat. WAEV's transmitter is located nearBloomingdale, Georgia,and shares studios with its sister stations inGarden City.

History

During the early- and mid-1970s,WXLMwas an easy listening station. In September 1977, the station flipped to Album Rock in response to WTOC starting a highly successful overnight album rock program in 1976. Before this, Savannah had been without a rock station sinceWEAS-FMflipped in the early 1970s. 97.3 went by the name97 Rockwith the call sign WXLM. In 1980, the station flipped to Adult Contemporary known asWAEV( "Wave 97" ).

When WXLM left the air, Savannah did not have a rock station untilWIXVpicked up the format in 1986. The station evolved into aHot ACstation asMix 97.3in 1993. After several years of falling numbers and revenue in the early 2000s, the station rebranded to Clear Channel'sTop 40Kiss FMformat in December 2001. After several months of further format "tweaking", the station moved into a more mainstream mix of music than most other Kiss-branded stations.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 50403 (WAEV)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WAEVinNielsen Audio's FM station database