WEZL

WEZL
City of license	Charleston, South Carolina
Broadcast area	Charleston, South Carolina
Branding	103.5 WEZL
Slogan	New Country for the Lowcountry
Frequency	103.5 MHz
First air date	1970
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	201 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	2441
Transmitter coordinates	32°49′4.00″N 79°50′9.00″W / 32.8177778°N 79.8358333°W / 32.8177778; -79.8358333
Callsign meaning	WEaseL
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wezlfm.com

WEZL (103.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Charleston, South Carolina, USA, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The station's studios and transmitter are located (separately) in Mount Pleasant.

The Weasel Morning Show consisted of longtime radio personalities TJ Phillips, Gary Griffin and Ric Rush. TJ, Gary and Ric were consistently the top rated morning show in Charleston, SC. After Griffin retired in 2012,^[1] Phillips and Rush continued as a duo before being replaced by the syndicated Bobby Bones Show and being moved to afternoons.^[2]

WEZL has been the Lowcountry's biggest country station for over 35 years. In 2007, it started competing with Citadel Broadcasting's new country station, WIWF.

History

"The Weasel" had the number one morning show for years prior to the arrival of Mike Tyler in January 1999. Tyler, Griffin and Janet Walsh fell to number 5 but regained the top spot in Fall 1999.^[3]

In Spring 2002, WEZL dropped from first place to eighth in the Arbitron ratings.^[4]

References

↑ http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120918/PC05/120919228
↑ http://www.wezl.com/onair/tj-ric-4130/tj-ric-are-moving-to-afternoons-13124647/
↑ "The Weasel, Z 93 back on top in ratings". Post and Courier. 2000-03-02. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
↑ "Citadel stations make moves in radio ratings". Post and Courier. 2002-08-10. Retrieved 2010-07-08.

External links

WEZL official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WEZL

Radio-Locator information on WEZL

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WEZL

Radio stations in the Charleston, South Carolina, market

By AM frequency	730 810 910 950 980 1080 1250 1340 1390 1450 1480

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.5 92.5 93.3 94.3 95.1 95.9 96.9 98.1 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.5 103.5 104.5 105.5 106.3 107.3

By callsign	WALC WALD WAVF WAYA-FM WAZS WCKN WCOO WEZL WFCH WIWF WJKB WJNI WJWJ-FM WKCL WLTQ WMGL WMXZ WQNT WQSC WRFQ WSCC-FM WSCI WSPO WSSX-FM WTMA WTMZ WWIK WWOS WWWZ WXLY WXST WYBB WYFH WZJY

South Carolina radio markets Charleston Columbia Florence Greenville–Spartanburg Myrtle Beach Rock Hill Other South Carolina radio regions Hilton Head See also List of radio stations in South Carolina

Country radio stations in the state of South Carolina

Stations	WAGS – Bishopville WBCU – Union WCKN – Moncks Corner WCOS-FM – Columbia WDOG-FM – Allendale WEGX – Dillon WESC-FM – Greenville WEZL – Charleston WGFG – Branchville WGOG – Walhalla WGTR – Bucksport WHLZ – Marion WIWF – Charleston WJKB – Moncks Corner WKXC-FM – Aiken WLFF – Georgetown WLRE-LP – Elloree WLSC – Loris WOMG – Lexington WQUL – Woodruff WRHM – Lancaster WSSL-FM – Gray Court WUBB – Bluffton WVSZ – Chesterfield WWKT-FM – Kingstree WWNQ – Forest Acres WYMB – Manning WZLA-FM – Abbeville WZZQ – Gaffney

Defunct	WJDJ – Hartsville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in South Carolina

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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