Broadcast area | Savannah, Georgia Hilton Head, South Carolina |
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Frequency | 97.3 MHz |
Branding | 97.3 Kiss FM |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
Ownership | |
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WLVH, WQBT, WSOK, WTKS, WYKZ | |
History | |
First air date | 1976 |
Former call signs | WXLM (1970s-1980) |
Call sign meaning | Corruption of wave (previous branding) |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 50403 |
Class | C0 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 396 meters (1,299 ft) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 973kissfm.iheart.com |
WAEV (97.3 FM, "97.3 Kiss FM") is a commercial radio station licensed to Savannah, Georgia. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format. WAEV's transmitter is located near Bloomingdale, Georgia, and shares studios with its sister stations in Garden City.
During the early- and mid-1970s, WXLM was 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 since WEAS-FM flipped in the early 1970s. 97.3 went by the name 97 Rock with the call sign WXLM. In 1980, the station flipped to Adult Contemporary known as WAEV ("Wave 97").
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