WKAZ-FM

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WKAZ-FM
City of license	Miami, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Charleston MSA
Branding	107-3 KAZ-FM
Slogan	Classic Top 40
First air date	June 6, 1983
Frequency	107.3 (MHZ)
Format	Oldies
ERP	23,500 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	corresponds to former co-owned station, WSAZ
Owner	West Virginia Radio Corporation
Website	1073JackFM.com

WKAZ-FM is an Oldies station serving the Charleston, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area of the United States. The station broadcasts at 107.3 MHz with an ERP of 23,500 watts. The station is owned by the West Virginia Radio Corporation. WKAZ was an Oldies station until 2006, when it flipped to Adult Hits under the Jack FM Branding, using the ABC Radio satelliate feed. WKAZ broadcasts in HD Radio.

As of 5:00pm March 16, 2007 WKAZ-FM/107-3 ceased brodcast of Jack FM. Starting at 6:00pm Friday until Monday March 19. WKAZ will will experiment with different formats, and let the listeners decide what music they want. The new temporary slogan is "Playing what we wanted didn't work, So we decided to play what you want" You can vote for your favorite format via the WKAZ-FM/107.3 Website. Voting will last through the weekend until 9:00am Monday March 19, 2006 when the new format is announced.

Possible Format Choices Were: ROCK 107.3, The Only Station That Really Rocks, EASY 107.3, The Anti Lyric Station, REDNECK 107.3, Gut Bustin’ Country, THE CHICKS 107.3, All Dixie Chicks All the Time, BOOBTUBE 107.3, All Time Great TV Themes, SANTA 107.3, Everyday is Christmas, RELAX 107.3, Where the Beach Meets the Mountains, JOCKULARITY 107.3, All Laughs All the Time, OLDIES RADIO 107.3, Jack Ain’t No Friend of Ours, MOUNTAINEER 107.3, West Virginia’s Music, SUPER 107.3, Chucktowns Super-D-Duper Hits, and DISCO 107.3, Who Says You Can Only Hear These Songs at Weddings.

On March 19, 2007, the station returned to the Oldies format using Tom Kent's "Classic Top 40" Branding. It now positions itself as "107.3 KAZ-FM, Classic Top 40"

[edit] History

• The West Virginia Radio Corporation purchased WKAZ-FM and WSWW-AM in 1995.
• WKAZ dropped the Oldies format in January of 2006, and restored in in March 2007.
• 107.3's callsign was formerly WLZT.

[edit] External links

• 1073JackFM.com
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WKAZ
• WKAZ on Radio-locator.com
• History of WKNA/WKAZ/WQBE