WUZZ
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WEGE is a small market radio station
located in Lima, Ohio
, (pop. 40,000). It is a locally-owned station operated by Maverick Media. Its sister stations WWSR
"Sports Radio 93.1 The Fan," WFGF
-FM "92.1 The Frog," WCIT
-AM "940 WCIT" and WDOH
-FM in Delphos make up Maverick Media's family of stations in the Lima market.
The station broadcasts a classic rock
format. Originally it was founded in 1970 as WLSR (for "Lima Stereo Radio") airing a beautiful music
format, which later moved to adult contemporary. Its AM sister WCIT (for its founder, the now defunct Lima Citizen newspaper) aired Top 40 music in the 1960s and 70s, and later switching to adult standards, then oldies in the 1980s and news/talk in the 1990s before being sold by Riggs Broadcasting to Forever Broadcasting becoming Urban/R&B-formatted WLJM "940 JAMZ" in 1997 which later switched to sports/talk "ESPN 940" after the sale to Maverick Media in 2005. The WLJM calls were previously used on this frequency in 1996 before moving to 940 AM which is now WZOQ. It was briefly known as adult contemporary WAJC from 1997 to 1999.
From 1999-2005 the station was known as Classic Hits WUZZ. The station was mostly automated using voices from the other stations in the building at the time (WZOQ, etc) in recorded voice breaks. The morning and afternoon drive time slots were the only ones "live".
On April 19, 2007, the FCC approved a call sign change from WUZZ to WEGE. WEGE had been the call sign of a station in Westerville, Ohio
, owned by North American Broadcasting in the Columbus
market, prior to changing its call sign to WTDA
in 2004.http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=1061&Callsign=WEGE
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
located in Lima, Ohio
Lima, Ohio
Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton and south-southwest of Toledo....
, (pop. 40,000). It is a locally-owned station operated by Maverick Media. Its sister stations WWSR
WWSR
WWSR is a commercial radio station in Lima, Ohio, broadcasting a sports radio format.-History:WWSR was founded in August 1993 as WYRX "93 Rocks" a sister station to WZOQ at first with an album-oriented rock format and transmits with 3,000 watts E.R.P...
"Sports Radio 93.1 The Fan," WFGF
WFGF
WFGF is a commercial radio station based in Wapakoneta, Ohio, broadcasting a country music format. Its studios are located in Lima, Ohio, with their transmitter located in Cridersville, Ohio, between Wapakoneta and Lima....
-FM "92.1 The Frog," WCIT
WCIT (AM)
WCIT WCIT WCIT (940 AM, is a commercial broadcast radio station in Lima, Ohio, and features a news/talk format. The station, along with FM sister stations WEGE, WWSR and WFGF, share studio facilities on Cable Road in Lima...
-AM "940 WCIT" and WDOH
WDOH
WDOH is a commercial American FM radio station licensed to Delphos operating at 107.1 mHz with an adult contemporary format. Its studios are located in Delphos and offices are located in Lima, Ohio with transmitter located in Delphos between Van Wert and Lima.-History:WDOH was signed on in...
-FM in Delphos make up Maverick Media's family of stations in the Lima market.
The station broadcasts a classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
format. Originally it was founded in 1970 as WLSR (for "Lima Stereo Radio") airing a beautiful music
Beautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
format, which later moved to adult contemporary. Its AM sister WCIT (for its founder, the now defunct Lima Citizen newspaper) aired Top 40 music in the 1960s and 70s, and later switching to adult standards, then oldies in the 1980s and news/talk in the 1990s before being sold by Riggs Broadcasting to Forever Broadcasting becoming Urban/R&B-formatted WLJM "940 JAMZ" in 1997 which later switched to sports/talk "ESPN 940" after the sale to Maverick Media in 2005. The WLJM calls were previously used on this frequency in 1996 before moving to 940 AM which is now WZOQ. It was briefly known as adult contemporary WAJC from 1997 to 1999.
From 1999-2005 the station was known as Classic Hits WUZZ. The station was mostly automated using voices from the other stations in the building at the time (WZOQ, etc) in recorded voice breaks. The morning and afternoon drive time slots were the only ones "live".
On April 19, 2007, the FCC approved a call sign change from WUZZ to WEGE. WEGE had been the call sign of a station in Westerville, Ohio
Westerville, Ohio
Westerville, once known as "The Dry Capital of the World", is a city in Franklin and Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 35,318 at the 2000 census.-Early history:...
, owned by North American Broadcasting in the Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
market, prior to changing its call sign to WTDA
WTDA
WTDA is an FM radio station in Westerville, Ohio at 103.9 MHz. It currently broadcasts a Classic Hits format and is the Central Ohio radio broadcast home of the Pittsburgh Steelers....
in 2004.http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=1061&Callsign=WEGE