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

Morning Show (6am-10am): Rude Girl & Molly Blue - Rudey “Rude Girl” Gee & Molly Blue
Mid-Days (10am-2pm): Courtney Cruise
Afternoon Drive (2pm-7pm): Bill Bravo
Nights (8pm-10pm): Rudey's back
Nights (10pm-12am): Courtney Cruise

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WEOW

Radio-Locator information on WEOW

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEOW

Radio stations in the Florida Keys

By AM frequency	560 610 940 1180 1300 1500 1600

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 90.1 90.9 90.9 91.5 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.7 93.9 94.9 95.7 96.9 97.7 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.7 103.1 104.1 104.9 105.5 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By callsign	WAIL WAMR-FM WAVK WBGG-FM WCNK WCTH WEOW WFEZ WFFG WFKZ WHNJ WIIS WINZ WIOD WKEY-FM WKEZ-FM WKIZ WKLG WKWF WKWM WKYZ WLFE WMGE WMIA-FM WMXJ WPIK WQAM WRTO-FM WWUS WWWK WXDJ WXKW WYBX

Former transmitters	1630/1680 KONK (now on 1500 WKIZ)

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Florida

By frequency	92.1 92.7 92.9 93.3 95.1 95.1 95.3 95.5 96.5 96.5 97.3 97.9 100.1 100.7 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.3 103.9 104.9 105.3 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.3

By callsign	WAOA-FM WAPE-FM WECQ WEOW WFKS WFLC WFLZ-FM WHTF WHYI-FM WILN WKSL WLDI WMFQ WPOI WPOW WQMP WRGV WVYB WXCV WXHT WXKB WXXL WYKS WZJZ WZNS

By city	Cape Coral Daytona Beach Destin Fort Lauderdale Fort Walton Beach Gainesville Havana Holly Hill Homosassa Springs Jacksonville Juno Beach Key West Madison Melbourne (107.1) Melbourne (95.1) Miami (97.3) Miami (96.5) Neptune Beach Ocala Panama City Pensacola Port Charlotte St. Petersburg Tampa Tavares

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

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

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