WEAS-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo = File:WEAS E93 logo.png
| name = WEAS-FM
| city = Springfield, Georgia
| area = Savannah metropolitan area
| branding = E93
| frequency = 93.1 MHz
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1967|8}}
| format = Urban Contemporary
| erp = 96,640 watts
| haat = 299 meters (981 ft)
| class = C1
| facility_id = 71366
| callsign_meaning = The WEAS call sign was originally in Decatur, Georgia, home to two schools:
Emory and Agnes Scott
| former_callsigns =
| owner = Cumulus Media
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
| sister_stations = WIXV, WJCL-FM, WTYB
| webcast = [https://player.listenlive.co/26011 Listen Live] or
[http://www.iheart.com/live/5735/?autoplay=true Listen Live via iHeart]
| website = [https://www.e93fm.com e93fm.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WEAS-FM (93.1 MHz, "E93") is a commercial radio station licensed to Springfield, Georgia, and serving the Savannah metropolitan area. It airs an urban contemporary radio format and is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are on Television Circle in Savannah.
WEAS-FM is a Class C1 station, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 96,640 watts. The transmitter is off Fort Argyle Road (Georgia State Route 204), west of Savannah, in unincorporated Chatham County.[https://radio-locator.com/info/WEAS-FM?loc=32.05071%2C-81.10376&locn=Savannah%2C%20Georgia Radio-Locator.com/WEAS]
History
WEAS-FM signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1968|8}}. It was an easy listening station, originally licensed to Savannah. It was automated, playing quarter-hour sweeps of mostly soft, instrumental music. WEAS-FM was partnered with an AM sister station that played country music. The AM station had formerly been WJIV, with an R&B format, until 1960, and later as WEAS. The AM and FM stations were once owned by E.D. "Dee" Rivers, Jr, son of a former governor of Georgia.
WEAS-FM ended its automation and hired live disc jockeys. It switched to freeform progressive rock in the early part of the 1970s. By the mid-1970s, WEAS-FM flipped to Contemporary R&B, the forerunner of today's urban sound. WEAS's AM companion at 900 AM changed to a sports radio format. It is now silent.
WEAS-FM moved its city of license from Savannah to Springfield to allow 103.9 WTYB to move to Tybee Island, within the Savannah metropolitan area. Since the late 1970s, WEAS-FM has targeted the African-American population in the Savannah area.
Former on-air staff
During WEAS-FM's time as Sunday morning Urban Gospel music programming:
- Deacon Charles L. Palmer who established the "Stairways to Heaven" Program (1991–1997)
During WEAS's time as a country music station:
- JayAllen Brimmer (1960–1969)
- Norman "Lefty" Lindsey (1961–1970), father of Lawanda Lindsey
- Everett Langford (1963–1967) (was also Chief Engineer)
- Tex Lowther (1969–1975) The Bumper to Bumper Club
References
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External links
- [http://www.e93fm.com WEAS-FM official website]
- {{FM station data|741648|WEAS}}
{{Savannah Radio}}
{{Urban Radio Stations in Georgia}}
{{Cumulus Media}}
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Category:African-American history in Savannah, Georgia
Category:Mainstream urban radio stations in the United States
Category:Cumulus Media radio stations
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