WAEG

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WAEG
City of license Evans, Georgia
Broadcast area CSRA
Branding 92.3
Slogan Your New Station for Smooth Jazz, The All New 92.3 WAEG.
Frequency 92.3 (MHz)
First air date 1992
Format Smooth Jazz
ERP 3,000 watts
Class A
Callsign meaning Augusta
Evans
Georgia
Owner Perry Broadcasting
Website www.waeg923.com

WAEG is a commercial Smooth Jazz station in Evans, Georgia, broadcasting to the Augusta, Georgia area. The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast on 92.3 FM, with a ERP of 3 kW.

[edit] History

92.3 FM signed on in mid-1992 as WAFJ, as a simulcast of Bible Broadcasting Network's 100.9 WYFA/Waynesboro. In June, 1994, both stations was sold and switched to a Urban Contemporary format as "92.3/100.9 The Bomb" with 92.3 picking up the WAEG call letters.

Radio One acquired the simulcast in 2001 and switched it to CHR, branding it as "92.3/100.9 The Beat". By 2002, the station simulcast was broken off, causing 100.9 to drop from the air. Within a year, 92.3 switched formats to Modern Rock, while 100.9 was launched as WTHB-FM, a gospel station.

In August of 2007, Perry Broadcasting acquired Radio One's cluster of Augusta stations. Effective immediately, WAEG's format was changed again to Smooth Jazz. Augusta now doesn't currently have a Modern Rock station, except for the wide variety of rock that plays on WCHZ 95.1, or the very selective few songs that play on WHHD 98.3.

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