- WEZR (FM)
WEZR was an FM
radio station licensed toManassas, Virginia .Fairfax, Virginia . It broadcast on 106.7 MHz was owned byEZ Communications , a company founded byArt Kellar that pioneered "easy-listening" radio in major markets including this station inWashington, DC . The company had common ownership with WEEL an AM radio station licensed to Fairfax which was one of the Washington, DC area's major top 40 stations in the late 60s and early 70s.In 1970, the company took the successful
easy listening format to the Richmond market when it acquired classical music stationWFMV (FM) and changed the call sign to WEZS. After a brief skirmish and with loyal WFMV listeners and assistance from the new owners in moving the classical format to WRFK, a non-profit station, the easy listening format was very successful in Richmond has it had been in the Washington, DC, metro market.Other EZ Communications stations which used the easy listening format to find profitability in emerging FM markets were
WEZC (FM) 104.7 MHz inCharlotte, North Carolina , andWEZB (FM) 97.1 MHz inNew Orleans, Louisiana .By
1995 , EZ Communications was # 12 in the Top 25 Radio Groups in the U.S. Listeners as of spring 1995, as measured byArbitron .Sources
Internet
*Fisher, Mark D. (2005) "A Brief History of WFMV: Virginia's first stereophonic good music station", [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondradio/files/ Richmond Radio Group on Yahoo] ; Richmond, VA
* [http://earlyradiohistory.us/hist-dc.htm Washington, D.C. AM Station History by Thomas H. White]External links
* [http://earlyradiohistory.us/hist-dc.htm Washington, D.C. AM Station History by Thomas H. White]
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