WOWZ (FM)

WOWZ
City Chincoteague, Virginia
Broadcast area Chincoteague, Virginia
Accomac, Virginia
Pocomoke City, Maryland
Branding "Wow 101-5"
Slogan "That's Country!"
Frequency 101.5 FM MHz
First air date August 29, 2016[1]
Format Country[2]
Power 5,000 Watts
HAAT 72 meters (236 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 198743
Transmitter coordinates 37°51′15.0″N 75°33′19.0″W / 37.854167°N 75.555278°W / 37.854167; -75.555278
Former callsigns WOWZ (2016-Present)[3]
Affiliations CBS Radio News
Owner GSB Broadcasting
(Jackman Holding Company, LLC)
Sister stations WCTG, WICO-FM
Webcast WOWZ Webstream
Website WOWZ Online

WOWZ is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Chincoteague, Virginia, serving Chincoteague and Accomac in Virginia and Pocomoke City in Maryland.[2] WOWZ is owned and operated by GSB Broadcasting.[4]

History

WOWZ signed on for the first time on August 29, 2016 and began stunting with a "wheel of formats".[1] At 10 AM the next day, the station officially launched with a Country format, branded as "Wow 101-5".[1] The first song on "Wow" was "Gone Country" by Alan Jackson.[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Venta, Lance (August 29, 2016). "WOWZ To Wow Eastern Shore". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WOWZ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wow 101.5 Debuts". RadioBB Networks. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
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