WLOW

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WLOW
City of license Port Royal/Savannah
Branding "107.9 the Coast"
Slogan Familiar Favorites
Frequency 107.9(MHz)
First air date 1989
Format Soft AC
ERP 25,000 Watts
Class C3
Callsign meaning W L O Wcountry, probably a reference to the South Carolina Lowcountry
Owner Adventure Radio (Triad Broadcasting)
Website 107.9 The Coast

WLOW (107.9 FM) is a radio station owned by Triad Broadcasting.

[edit] Programming

The station was playing standards as "WLOW 107.9 - Good Times, Great Memories" until January 2006. After playing Christmas music during the 2005 holiday season, WLOW rebranded itself and launched a new format (a more uptempo Soft AC) on the frequency as "Familiar Favorites - 107.9 The Coast". Songs can range from Frank Sinatra to The Beach Boys to The Bee Gees.

It remains to be seen if WLOW will garner significant ratings, as Clear Channel's own Soft AC WYKZ does well playing mostly the same songs, as does Thoroughbred Communications' WRHQ. Plus Triad Broadcasting's own WGZO-FM (Classic Hits as "103.1 The Drive") plays a lot of the same songs as WLOW.

[edit] History

In the late 1980s, WLOW began playing nostalgia/big band on 106.9 FM, one of the few FM stations to play this style of music. Over the years the music evolved into adult standards, and the station moved from 106.9 to 99.7, back to 106.9, and finally to 107.9. The standards format continued through late 2005.

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