WEOW

WEOW

Key West, Florida
Broadcast area	Florida Keys
Frequency	92.7 FM (MHz)
Branding	WEOW 92-7
Programming
Format	CHR/Top 40
Ownership
Owner	Robert Holladay (Florida Keys Media, LLC)
Sister stations	WAIL, WCTH, WFKZ, WAVK, WCNK, WWUS, WKWF
History
First air date	February 20, 1967
Former call signs	WFYN-FM (1967-1986)
Call sign meaning	pronounced as wow
Technical information
Facility ID	11194
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	168 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.weow927.com

WEOW, is a commercial radio station broadcasting at 92.7 FM with a CHR/Top 40 branded as "WEOW 92.7" (Pronounced as "wow"). The station is currently owned by Robert Holladay, through licensee Florida Keys Media, LLC, and is considered the southern-most CHR/Top 40 station in Continental United States. Its 100,000 watt signal covers an area from Key Largo, Fl, to Havana, Cuba.

History

Early history

Originally WFYN-FM, this was the Florida Keys' first FM radio station when Gayle Swofford's Florida Keys Broadcasting Corporation began airing on February 20, 1967 at 92.5 FM with a Beautiful Music format. In 1982 the format was updated to Adult Contemporary and in the mid-80s the call sign was changed to WEOW and the station became known as "WOW 92.5".

WEOW 92.5/92.7

In 1990, WEOW dropped its Adult Contemporary format for CHR/Top 40 but retained the "Wow 92.5" branding. During this time, the station featured popular personalities such as Chris Wolfe & JR in the Morning and Bill Bravo, who remains to this day.

File:92.7 WEOW logo.png

Logo used from the early 2000s to 2013

In the early 2000s, Clear Channel Communications purchased WEOW and ended up moving the station up the dial to 92.7.

On January 25, 2008, it was announced that WEOW was one of several Clear Channel radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. The station, along with its sister stations, was put into the Aloha Stations Trust until November 2013 when they were purchased by newly formed Florida Keys Media. The sale was finalized on February 28, 2014 at a price of $650,000, and WEOW began restructuring its on-air lineup, dropping all of Clear Channel's Premium Choice jocks for live and local talent.

On April 1, 2014, WEOW brought back station vets Rude Girl & Molly Blue for mornings.

On-air lineup

The current lineup (As of July 7, 2014) is as follows

• Morning Show (6am-10am): Rude Girl & Molly Blue - Rudey “Rude Girl” Gee & Molly Blue
• Mid-Days (10am-2pm): Courtney Cruise
• Afternoon Drive (2pm-7pm): Bill Bravo
• Nights (8pm-10pm): Rudey's back
• Nights (10pm-12am): Courtney Cruise

External links

• WEOW 92-7
• Keys Radio
• Facility details for Facility ID WEOW ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database