WEAS-FM

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WEAS-FM
Broadcast area Savannah metropolitan area
Frequency 93.1 MHz
BrandingE93
Programming
Format Urban Contemporary
Ownership
Owner
WIXV, WJCL-FM, WTYB
History
First air date
August 1967;57 years ago (1967-08)
Call sign meaning
The WEAS call sign was originally in Decatur, Georgia, home to two schools:
Emory and Agnes Scott
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 71366
Class C1
ERP 96,640 watts
HAAT 299 meters (981 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live or
Listen Live via iHeart
Website e93fm.com

WEAS-FM (93.1 MHz, "E93") is a commercial radio station licensed to Springfield, Georgia, and serving the Savannah metropolitan area. It airs an urban contemporary radio format and is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are on Television Circle in Savannah.

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WEAS-FM is a Class C1 station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 96,640 watts. The transmitter is off Fort Argyle Road (Georgia State Route 204), west of Savannah, in unincorporated Chatham County. [2]

History

WEAS-FM signed on the air in August 1968;56 years ago. It was an easy listening station, originally licensed to Savannah. It was automated, playing quarter-hour sweeps of mostly soft, instrumental music. WEAS-FM was partnered with an AM sister station that played country music. The AM station had formerly been WJIV, with an R&B format, until 1960, and later as WEAS. The AM and FM stations were once owned by E.D. "Dee" Rivers, Jr, son of a former governor of Georgia.

WEAS-FM ended its automation and hired live disc jockeys. It switched to freeform progressive rock in the early part of the 1970s. By the mid-1970s, WEAS-FM flipped to Contemporary R&B, the forerunner of today's urban sound. WEAS's AM companion at 900 AM changed to a sports radio format. It is now silent.

WEAS-FM moved its city of license from Savannah to Springfield to allow 103.9 WTYB to move to Tybee Island, within the Savannah metropolitan area. Since the late 1970s, WEAS-FM has targeted the African-American population in the Savannah area.

Former on-air staff

During WEAS-FM's time as Sunday morning Urban Gospel music programming:

During WEAS's time as a country music station:

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WEAS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/WEAS

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