WAEG

Infobox Radio Station


name = WAEG
airdate = 1992
frequency = 92.3 (MHz)
city = Evans, Georgia
area = CSRA
format = Smooth Jazz
owner = Perry Broadcasting
erp = 3,000 watts
branding = The All New 92.3 WAEG.
slogan = Your New Station for Smooth Jazz.
class = A
sister station = WFXA, WAKB,WTHB
website = [http://www.923smoothjazz.com/ www.923smoothjazz.com]
callsign_meaning = Augusta
Evans
Georgia

WAEG is a commercial Smooth Jazz station in Evans, Georgia, broadcasting to the Augusta, Georgia area. The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast on 92.3 FM, with a ERP of 3,000 kW.

History

92.3 FM signed on in mid-1992 as WAFJ, as a simulcast of Bible Broadcasting Network's 100.9 WYFA/Waynesboro. In June, 1994, both stations was sold and switched to a Urban Contemporary format as "92.3/100.9 The Bomb" with 92.3 picking up the WAEG call letters.

Radio One acquired the simulcast in 2001 and switched it to CHR, branding it as "92.3/100.9 The Beat". By 2002, the station simulcast was broken off, causing 100.9 to drop from the air. Within a year, 92.3 switched formats to Modern Rock, while 100.9 was launched as WTHB-FM, a gospel station.

In August 2007, Perry Broadcasting acquired Radio One's cluster of Augusta stations. Effective immediately, WAEG's format was changed again to Smooth Jazz. Augusta now doesn't currently have a Modern Rock station, except for the wide variety of rock that plays on WCHZ 95.1, or the very selective few songs that play on WHHD 98.3.

External links

* [http://www.923smoothjazz.com WAEG 92.3 Website]
*fmq|WAEG