WREZ

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WREZ
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City Metropolis, Illinois
Broadcast area Paducah, Kentucky
Branding105.5 The CAT
Slogan "Paducah's #1 Hit Music Station"
Frequency 105.5 FM
Format Top 40 (CHR)
ERP 6000 watts
HAAT 100 metres (328 feet)
Class A
Transmitter coordinates 37°10′25″N88°42′29″W / 37.17361°N 88.70806°W / 37.17361; -88.70806
Owner Withers Broadcasting
(Withers Broadcasting Company of Paducah, LLC)
Sister stations WMOK, WZZL
Website 1055thecat.com

WREZ (105.5 FM, "105.5 The CAT") is a radio station licensed to the community of Metropolis, Illinois, United States, and serving the Paducah, Kentucky, area. The station plays a Top 40 (CHR) format. WREZ is owned by Withers Broadcasting.

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is capable of better sound quality than AM broadcasting, the chief competing radio broadcasting technology, so it is used for most music broadcasts. Theoretically wideband AM can offer equally good sound quality, provided the reception conditions are ideal. FM radio stations use the VHF frequencies. The term "FM band" describes the frequency band in a given country which is dedicated to FM broadcasting.

Metropolis, Illinois City in Illinois, United States

Metropolis is a city located along the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, United States. It has a population of 6,465 according to the 2013 estimate of the United States Census Bureau. Metropolis is the county seat of Massac County and is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area in Southern Illinois.

Paducah, Kentucky City in Kentucky, United States

Paducah is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville, Tennessee, to the southeast. The population was 24,941 in 2017, down slightly from 25,024 during the 2010 U.S. Census. Twenty blocks of the city's downtown have been designated as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Notable programming includes the syndicated morning show "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning", "Backtrax USA" and the "American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest".

Kidd Kraddick U.S. radio personality and voice actor

David Peter Cradick was an American radio host and television personality, known as Kidd Kraddick. His nationally syndicated morning radio show, The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, is based in Irving, Texas, and aired throughout the United States, syndicated by Kraddick's company, YEA Networks. He was also seen on the nationally syndicated Dish Nation television show weeknights around the United States.

Backtrax USA is a two-hour radio program hosted by former WHTZ (Z100) DJ Kid Kelly that premiered in 1992. The show originally highlighted hit music from the 1980s. Since 2003, however, Backtrax USA has offered a 1990s version of the show featuring hit music from this decade alongside that of the 1980s; affiliate stations may air either or both versions. The program is distributed by Westwood One in the United States and Premiere Radio Networks elsewhere.

<i>American Top 40</i>

American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent song countdown radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. The program is currently hosted by Ryan Seacrest and presented as an adjunct to his weekday radio program, On Air with Ryan Seacrest.


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