WAPE-FM

For the defunct AM radio station in Jacksonville, Florida, see WAPE (defunct).

WAPE-FM

City of license	Jacksonville, Florida
Broadcast area	Jacksonville area
Branding	95.1 WAPE (The Big APE)
Slogan	Jacksonville's Number One Hit Music Station
Frequency	95.1 MHz
Format	Top 40/CHR
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	300 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	70863
Transmitter coordinates	30°19′22.00″N 81°38′34.00″W
Former callsigns	WJAX-FM (1978-1986)
Owner	Cox Radio
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	wape.com

95.1 WAPE-FM ("The Big Ape") is a Top 40/CHR radio station based in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. The Cox Radio outlet broadcasts at 95.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100 kW. Its transmitter is located in Jacksonville.

95.1 WAPE is licensed for HD Radio operations but currently has no secondary channel.

History

The station was very successful as an Urban Contemporary and Rhythmic Top 40 in 1980s as WJAX-FM before it flipped to its current format in 1986. WAPE is the second outlet in Jacksonville to use these calls and format, which was originally on the AM band at 690 kHz. WAPE in the past has celebrated anniversary milestones dating back to the sign-on of the original WAPE-AM in 1957. Some of its alumni include The Greaseman, Cleveland Wheeler, actor Jay Thomas, Mark Driscoll, Kandy Klutch (now on XM's "80s on 8"), and local legends^{[citation needed]} Hoyle Dempsey, Tom Murphy, JJ the Night Guy, Tony Mann, Mark the Shark, Billy Goat, Steve Sutton, Chris Trane (Trane On The Radio) and Chase Daniels.

Staff

• The Big Ape Morning Mess with Mark Kaye and Anna 6am-10am
• Midddays with Chloe 10am-3pm
• Afternoon Kane 3pm-7pm
• Nights with Sparxx 7pm-12am
• Chris Tyler 12am-5am
• The weekend crew includes Beth, Mandy, Swizzy, Meghan and Allison.

See also

• WAPE (defunct) (history of previous station with these calls)

External links

• Official Website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WAPE
• Radio-Locator information on WAPE
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WAPE