WAEV
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Broadcast area | Savannah, Georgia Hilton Head, South Carolina |
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Frequency | 97.3MHz |
Branding | 97.3 Kiss FM |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WLVH,WQBT,WSOK,WTKS,WYKZ | |
History | |
First air date | 1976 |
Former call signs | WXLM (1970s-1980) |
Call signmeaning | Corruption ofwave(previous branding) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 50403 |
Class | C0 |
ERP | 100,000watts |
HAAT | 396 meters (1,299 ft) |
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Public license information | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 50403 (WAEV)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WAEVinNielsen Audio's FM station database
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- ^"Facility Technical Data for WAEV".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.