WAVD
Broadcast area | Ocean City, Maryland |
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Frequency | 97.1MHz(HD Radio) |
Branding | 97.1 The Wave |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
Affiliations | Broadcast Architecture |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1991(as WZJO) |
Former call signs | WZJO (1991–1994) WLFX (1994–1998) WQJZ (1998–2011) |
Call signmeaning | WAVeDelmarva |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 53490 |
Class | A |
ERP | 4,600watts |
HAAT | 114 meters (374 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°22′52.00″N75°10′32.00″W/ 38.3811111°N 75.1755556°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 971thewave |
WAVD(97.1FM) is aradio stationbroadcasting aclassic hitsformat. Licensed toOcean Pines, Maryland,United States, the station servesOcean City, Maryland.The station is currently owned by Forever Media.
WQJZ featuredJones Radio Networks' Smooth Jazz programming until that feed was discontinued on September 30, 2008, as a consequence of Jones having been purchased by Triton Media Group, which also operates theDial Globalstable of 24-hour music formats. Like other former Jones affiliates, WQJZ aired programming from the Broadcast Architecture Network's smooth/urban AC format.
On April 8, 2011, WQJZ changed their format to classic hits, branded as "97.1 The Wave". On April 19, 2011, WQJZ changed their call letters toWAVDto go with "The Wave" branding.
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[edit]External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 53490 (WAVD)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WAVDinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WAVD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.