WAEZ

Infobox Radio Station


name = WAEZ-FM
airdate = 1997 January 1st
frequency = 94.9 MHZ
city = Greeneville, Tennessee
area = Johnson City
Kingsport
Bristol TN - VA | format = Top 40
owner = Bristol Broadcasting Company
erp = 100,000 watts
branding = Electric 94.9
slogan = "Today's Hottest Music"
former callsigns = WOFM, WIKQ class = C
webcast = [http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.cc/standard_plr/inc/sa_api.php?id=WAEZFM&plr_id=9171214379857&msrc_gw=id= Electric 94.9 Streaming]
website = [http://www.electric949.com Electric949.com]

WAEZ-FM/Electric 94.9 is a Top 40 radio station in the United States, serving the Tri-Cities TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area with an ERP of 100,000 watts. The station started out as a Top 40 station until 2004, when the station went with a Hot AC format, but due to lower ratings, the station went back to the Top 40 format in early 2006. WAEZ is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, along with "twin stations" "Electric 102.7" in Charleston, West Virginia, and "Electric 96.9" in Paducah, Kentucky. The station targets active young adult females ages 18 to 34, according to Bristol Broadcasting.

Electric 94.9 is one of the most popular stations in the Tri-Cities and currently ranks 4th in the Arbitron ratings for the Tri-Cities radio market.

In the Marion, Virginia area, WAEZ deals with a tremendous amount of interference from co-channel "94.9 Star Country" broadcasting from Roanoke, Virginia.

On the TN, NC line, WAEZ deals with a tremendous amount of interference from 95.1 "Kiss 95.1" broadcasting from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Programming

Monday-Friday

*"Jinger & Izzy" mornings (6 a.m. - 10 a.m.)
*"Jessica Gamble" mid-days (10 a.m. - 3 p.m.)
*"Jason Reed" afternoons (3 p.m. - 7 p.m.)
*"Blade" evenings (7 p.m. - 12 a.m.)
*"TJ King" overnights (12 a.m. - 6 a.m.)

Weekends

*Electric House Party (Saturdays 9 p.m. - 5 a.m.)
*Son Rise (Sundays 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.)
*Dawson McAllister (Sundays 10 p.m. - 12 a.m.)

History

*Until 2000, WAEZ was located on 99.3 as "Electric 99-3".
*From 1985 until 1993, the WAEZ callsign was formerly in Milton, West Virginia located on 106.3 FM. That station is now WAMX.
*The 94.9 frequency was a country station known as "Big Dog Country" with WIKQ as their call letters. Up until 2000 when Bristol bought the frequency. The WIKQ call letters are now on the 103.1FM frequency.
*In the early 1970s, the 94.9 frequency carried the call letters WOFM. It is unsure what music or other format WOFM carried in the early 1970s.

External links

* [http://www.electric949.com Official Electric 94.9 Site]
*fmq|WAEZ
* [http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=waez&is_unl=Y&is_lic=Y&is_cp=Y&sr=Y&s=C&sid=&x=8&y=1 WAEZ-FM on Radio-locator.com]
* [http://www.bristolbroadcasting.com/tricitiesmkt.shtml Tri-Cities Radio Market @ Bristol Broadcasting.com]