WAVK

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WAVK
Broadcast area Florida Keys area
Frequency 97.7 MHz
Branding97.7 The Zone
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Infinity Sports Network
Fox Sports Radio
Miami Dolphins
Miami Heat
Miami Hurricanes
Miami Marlins
Ownership
Owner
  • Joseph Fiorini
  • (Fiorini Keys Media, LLC)
WAIL, WCTH, WFKZ, WEOW, WCNK, WWUS
History
First air date
March 3, 1995 (as WDUC)
Former call signs
WDUC (1995–1995)
WKTS (1995–1999)
WWWK (1999–2003)
Call sign meaning
"Wave" (former branding)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 23294
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 168 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 24°39′38.40″N81°25′9.70″W / 24.6606667°N 81.4193611°W / 24.6606667; -81.4193611
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live (via TuneIn)
Listen Live via iHeart
Website thezone977.com

WAVK (97.7 FM) is a radio station temporarily broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Marathon, Florida, USA, the station serves the Florida Keys. The station is currently owned by licensee Fiorini Keys Media, LLC, and features programming from Infinity Sports Network and Fox Sports Radio. [2]

Contents

History

The station went on the air as WDUC on March 3, 1995. On November 3, 1995, the station changed its call sign to WKTS; on September 9, 1999, to WWWK; and on October 23, 2003, to the current WAVK. [3] The first real format of WWWK was pure dance music as "K97", before flipping to hot AC "Wave".

In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting, LLC reached a deal to sell its Florida Keys stations (including WAVK) to Florida Keys Media, LLC (a company controlled by Robert H. Holladay). [4] At a price of $475,000, the sale of WAVK was consummated on July 1, 2014.

In July 2024, the station was sold to Fiorini Keys Media, LLC.

On March 30, 2020, WAVK temporarily dropped its Hot AC format for Sports as 97.7 The Zone. The reason being that sister station 1600 AM WKWF is having repairs done to its transmitter and it can no longer broadcast for the time being so its format as temporarily moved here. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WAVK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WAVK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WAVK Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "Ownership Of Green Bay Cluster Goes Back From Clear Channel To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ "WKWF Moves Programming to WAVK as 97.7 the Zone".


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