WUEZ
Radio station in Carterville, Illinois
WUEZ (95.1 FM, "95.1 Steve FM") is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format. Licensed to Carterville, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale (IL) area. The station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to River Radio LLC.
01History
The station was assigned the call sign WYGF on 1991-02-22. On 1991-12-27, the station changed its call sign to WEZS, on 1993-09-10 to WXLT, and on 2001-03-19 to the current WUEZ in a call sign swap with the current-day WXLT. With it came the old WUEZ's "Magic" branding.
On March 20, 2015, WUEZ changed its format from adult contemporary to classic hits, retaining the "Magic 95.1" branding.
On January 4, 2023, WUEZ changed its format from classic hits to adult hits, branded as "95.1 Steve FM".
02Ownership
In December 2003, River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WJPF, WOOZ-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGIR, KGKS, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KLSC, KMAL, KSIM, KWOC, and KZIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.
Sources and credits
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- WUEZ 95.1 Steve-FM logo.png by Unknown author, Fair use
- WUEZ promo van.jpg by ZenziSaga, CC0
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