WWZW
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 96.7 MHz |
| Branding | Classic 96.7 3WZ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | First Media Radio, LLC |
| WREL | |
| History | |
First air date | 1981 |
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Call sign meaning | a nod to former sister WZWW in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 19672 | |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 2,000 watts |
| HAAT | 346 meters (1,135 ft) |
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| Webcast | WWZW Webstream |
| Website | WWZW Online |
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WWZW (96.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Buena Vista, Virginia, and serving the Lexington area and part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area. WWZW is owned and operated by First Media Radio, LLC.[2] It broadcasts a classic hits radio format. The studios and offices are on Main Street in Lexington.
WWZW has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,000 watts. The transmitter is on Blue Ridge Parkway near U.S. Route 60 in Buena Vista.[3]
History
The station signed on the air in 1981.[4] Its original call sign was WWZD. It was the sister station to WREL (1450 AM) in Lexington. In 1985, Equus Communications acquired WWZD and WREL for $185,000. WWZD changed its call sign to WVLI on November 1, 1985, and to WREL-FM on May 1, 1990.[5] The two stations simulcast a full service country music format.
On July 22, 2004, WREL-AM-FM were sold to First Media Radio. On September 9, 2004, WREL-FM switched its call letters to WWZW-FM[5][a] to match co-owned station WZWW in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. On November 1, 2004, WWZW, still a country music station, adopted the "3WZ" branding, the same branding used by WZWW, an adult contemporary station. On February 2, 2005, First Media Radio changed WWZW's format from country to adult contemporary; sister WREL remained a talk station.
In July 2009, WWZW switched from adult contemporary to classic hits as "Classic 96.7 3WZ".
Notes
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WWZW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WWZW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WWZW
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1999 page D-46-, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Call Sign History (WWZW)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
External links
- Classic 96-7 3WZ Online
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- WWZW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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