WAEV

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WAEV
City of license Savannah, Georgia
Branding 97.3 KISS FM
Slogan "Today's Best Music"
Frequency 97.3 (MHz)
Format Commercial; Top 40
Power 100,000 Watts
Class C1
Callsign meaning WAEV="Wave"; The station's original name was Wave 97
Owner Clear Channel
Website www.973kissfm.com

WAEV (97.3 FM), known as "97-3 KISS FM", is a Savannah, Georgia, radio station that plays a diverse range of top 40 music, including rock and hip-hop. It is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications, which also owns WLVH-FM, WQBT, WSOK-AM, WTKS-AM, and WYKZ-FM in the Savannah market. Its transmitter is located near Bloomingdale, Georgia.

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[edit] History

In 1978, the station flipped to Album Rock in response to WTOC-AM (then on 1290 AM) flipping from rock to pop music. 97.3 went by the name 97 Rock with the call sign WXLM. In 1983, the station flipped to light pop music known as Wave 97. When WXLM left the air, Savannah did not have a rock station until WIXV-FM picked up the format in 1986. The station evolved into a Hot AC station as Mix 97.3 during the late 1980s and early/mid 1990s. After several years of falling numbers and revenue in the late '90s, the station rebranded to Clear Channel's Top 40 KISS format in December 2001. After several months of further format "tweaking", the station moved into a more mainstream mix of music than most other KISS stations.

The station began streaming online on June 30, 2006.

[edit] Syndicated Programming

[edit] Former staff

  • Michael "Squiggy" Cunningham (Morning Show Producer/Imaging Director) - Now Senior Audio Technician at NASA Television, Washington, D.C.
  • Brad Kelly (Middays) - Formerly Operations Manager of Clear Channel Charleston and Program Director of WXLY/Charleston, SC
  • Marguerite (Middays) - Now Middays at WZAT/Savannah
  • Jana Sutter (Voice Tracked Middays) - Now Assistant Program Director at WXXL/Orlando
  • Cruz (Midday/Afternoon Drive/Program Director) - Now Production Director at D.M. Live
  • Rich Stevens (Afternoon Drive) - Formerly at KALC/Denver
  • Buckhead (Voice Tracked Nights)- Now Mornings at KKRZ/Portland, OR
  • TJ (Nights) - Now evenings at WILN/Panama City, Florida
  • Dan Gorby (General Manager) - Now Account Manager at WALR/Atlanta
  • Kramer (Afternoons/Nights) - Now Mornings at WILN/Panama City

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Radio stations in the Savannah, Georgia market (Arbitron #157) (R&R info)
By FM frequency
88.1 · 88.7 · 89.9 · 89.5 · 90.3 · 91.1 · 91.9 · 92.1 · 92.3 · 93.1 · 94.1 · 95.5 · 96.5 · 97.3 · 98.3 · 98.7 · 100.1 · 101.1 · 102.1 · 103.1 · 103.9 · 104.7 · 104.9 · 105.3 · 106.1 · 106.9 · 107.9
By AM frequency
630 · 900 · 990 · 1230 · 1290 · 1400
By callsign
WAEV · WAGP (FM) · WBHC · WBMQ · WEAS · WFXH · WGCO · WGML · WGZO · WGZR · WHCJ · WIXV · WJCL · WJLG · WJWJ · WLFJ · WLOW · WLVH · WLXP · WQBT · WRHQ · WSEG · WSGA · WSOK · WSSJ · WSVH · WTHG · WTKS · WTYB · WWJN · WYFS · WYKZ · WZAT

Georgia Radio Markets: Albany • Atlanta • Augusta • Brunswick • Columbus • Macon • Savannah • Valdosta

Other Georgia Radio Regions: Rome • Waycross

See also: List of radio stations in Georgia
See also: Hilton Head Radio
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CHR / Top 40 Radio Stations in the state of Georgia
By Frequency:
92.7 · 94.1 · 95.1 · 95.5 · 97.3 · 98.1 · 99.7 · 102.1
By Callsign:
WAEV · WBTS · WELT · WKKZ · WMGB · WNUQ · WSTR · WNNX
By City:
Atlanta · Doraville · Dublin · East Dublin · Montezuma · Sylvester · Savannah · Smyrna