WGEZ

WGEZ
City Beloit, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Janesville, Wisconsin
Branding Iron Country - 101.9 and 1490
Frequency 1490 kHz
First air date 1948
Format Country
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 24995
Transmitter coordinates 42°29′45.00″N 89°1′3.00″W / 42.4958333°N 89.0175000°W / 42.4958333; -89.0175000
Affiliations Westwood One, AP Radio
Owner Scott Thompson
(Big Radio)
Sister stations WBEL, WWHG
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://ironcountry.fm/

WGEZ (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies music format. Licensed to Beloit, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Janesville area. The station is currently owned by Scott Thompson, through licensee Big Radio.[1] WGEZ features programming from Westwood One's Good Time Oldies and AP Radio.[2]

Station sale

A purchase agreement, dated September 16, 2014, shows WGEZ being sold by Alliance Communications, Inc. to Big Radio, from Monroe, Wisconsin. Big Radio also owns WEKZ AM-FM, WFRL, WFPS, WQLF, WBEL, and WWHG. The sale to Big Radio, at a price of $150,000, was consummated on December 31, 2014.

History

WGEZ began broadcasting September 26, 1948, on 1490 kHz with 100 W power (full-time). The station, a Mutual affiliate, was licensed to Beloit Broadcasting Company.[3] On August 3, 2016 WGEZ switched format over to Iron Country 101.9FM and 1490AM. The format was designed for those country music listeners. That are tired of the Pop sounding country music on today's radio. The weekday lineup consists of Big Red in the morning from 6 til 10am with his co-host Tyler Zavadsky, Sherri Gibson on Midday's from 10am til 3pm, Afternoons with Keith Cech from 3pm til 7pm, Evenings with Hurricane Jerry Huffar from 7pm til Midnight, and Overnights from Midnight til 5am with Katie Turner.


References

  1. ↑ "WGEZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Radio Stations". Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  3. ↑ "WGEZ Starts Operation As 100-w Mutual Outlet" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 4, 1948. Retrieved 11 January 2015.


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