WEOW

WEOW
City of license Key West, Florida
Broadcast area Florida Keys
Branding WEOW 92-7
Slogan The Hit Music Channel
Frequency 92.7 FM (MHz)
First air date February 20, 1967
Format CHR/Top 40
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 168 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 11194
Callsign meaning pronounced as wow
Former callsigns WFYN-FM (1967-1986)
Owner Robert Holladay
(Florida Keys Media, LLC)
Sister stations WAIL, WCTH, WFKZ, WAVK, WCNK, WWUS, WKWF
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.weow927.com

WEOW, is a commercial radio station broadcasting at 92.7 FM with a CHR/Top 40 branded as "WEOW 92.7" (Pronounced as "wow"). The station is currently owned by Robert Holladay, through licensee Florida Keys Media, LLC, and is considered the southern-most CHR/Top 40 station in Continental United States. Its 100,000 watt signal covers an area from Key Largo, Fl, to Havana, Cuba.

History

Early history

Originally WFYN-FM, this was the Florida Keys' first FM radio station when Gayle Swofford's Florida Keys Broadcasting Corporation began airing on February 20, 1967 at 92.5 FM with a Beautiful Music format. In 1982 the format was updated to Adult Contemporary and in the mid-80s the call sign was changed to WEOW and the station became known as "WOW 92.5".

WEOW 92.5/92.7

In 1990, WEOW dropped its Adult Contemporary format for CHR/Top 40 but retained the "Wow 92.5" branding. During this time, the station featured popular personalities such as Chris Wolfe & JR in the Morning and Bill Bravo, who remains to this day.

Logo used from the early 2000s to 2013

In the early 2000s, Clear Channel Communications purchased WEOW and ended up moving the station up the dial to 92.7.

On January 25, 2008, it was announced that WEOW was one of several Clear Channel radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. The station, along with its sister stations, was put into the Aloha Stations Trust until November 2013 when they were purchased by newly formed Florida Keys Media. The sale was finalized on February 28, 2014 at a price of $650,000, and WEOW began restructuring its on-air lineup, dropping all of Clear Channel's Premium Choice jocks for live and local talent.

On April 1, 2014, WEOW brought back station vets Rude Girl & Molly Blue for mornings.

On-air lineup

The current lineup (As of July 7, 2014) is as follows

External links

Coordinates: 24°40′37″N 81°30′40″W / 24.677°N 81.511°W / 24.677; -81.511

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