WOWZ (FM)

WOWZ

City	Chincoteague, Virginia
Broadcast area	Chincoteague, Virginia Accomac, Virginia Pocomoke City, Maryland
Branding	"Wow 101-5"
Slogan	"That's Country!"
Frequency	101.5 FM MHz
First air date	August 29, 2016^[1]
Format	Country^[2]
Power	5,000 Watts
HAAT	72 meters (236 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	198743
Transmitter coordinates	37°51′15.0″N 75°33′19.0″W / 37.854167°N 75.555278°W / 37.854167; -75.555278
Former callsigns	WOWZ (2016-Present)^[3]
Affiliations	CBS Radio News
Owner	GSB Broadcasting (Jackman Holding Company, LLC)
Sister stations	WCTG, WICO-FM
Webcast	WOWZ Webstream
Website	WOWZ Online

WOWZ is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Chincoteague, Virginia, serving Chincoteague and Accomac in Virginia and Pocomoke City in Maryland.^[2] WOWZ is owned and operated by GSB Broadcasting.^[4]

History

WOWZ signed on for the first time on August 29, 2016 and began stunting with a "wheel of formats".^[1] At 10 AM the next day, the station officially launched with a Country format, branded as "Wow 101-5".^[1] The first song on "Wow" was "Gone Country" by Alan Jackson.^[1]^[5]

References

1 2 3 4 Venta, Lance (August 29, 2016). "WOWZ To Wow Eastern Shore". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
↑ "WOWZ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
↑ "Wow 101.5 Debuts". RadioBB Networks. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.

External Links

Wow 101-5 Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WOWZ

Radio-Locator information on WOWZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOWZ

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