WOEZ (FM)

WOEZ
City Burton, South Carolina
Branding Easy FM 93.7
Slogan The LowCountry's EZ FM
Frequency 93.7 MHz
First air date April 19, 1991 (as WONO)
Format Soft adult contemporary
ERP 11,000 watts
HAAT 150 meters (490 ft)
Class C3
Facility ID 25206
Transmitter coordinates 32°25′11.00″N 80°28′30.00″W / 32.4197222°N 80.4750000°W / 32.4197222; -80.4750000
Former callsigns WONO (1991-1996)
WALI (1996-2017)
Owner Apex Media Corporation
Webcast Listen Live
Website easyfmlive.com

WOEZ (93.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format and licensed to Burton, South Carolina, United States. The station is currently owned by Apex Media Corporation.

History

The station went on the air as WONO on April 19, 1991. On May 15, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WALI.[1]

WALI was owned by Hess Communications LLC.[2]

Wally 93.7 played country music and had an alligator mascot. The station signed off in 2012. Palmetto Rural Telephone, through Premier Enterprises, LLC, bought the station on January 17, 2014 for $375,000 and changed it to hot adult contemporary "I93.7". Miles Crosby, called "Uncle Miles" on Charleston's WAVF played a major role in planning the new format and hosts the morning show, which includes news and music as well as "Swap Shop". The music includes Train, Adele, Edwin McCain and Darius Rucker. Other programming includes high school football, Atlanta Braves baseball, Clemson football and NASCAR.[3]

Effective May 1, 2017, Premier Enterprises sold WALI to Apex Media Corporation for $325,000.

On May 24, 2017 WALI went silent. On September 1, 2017 WALI changed their call letters to WOEZ and on September 6, 2017 WOEZ returned to the air with a soft adult contemporary format, branded as "Easy FM 93.7". On December 13, 2017 WOEZ moved from Walterboro to Burton, South Carolina.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "WALI Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WALI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WALLY FM now Walterboro's 'I93.7'". The Colletonian. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ PrecisionTrak.com

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