WAEG (92.3 FM) is a commercial

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, broadcasting to the

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area. The station is licensed by the

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(FCC) to broadcast with an

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(ERP) of 6 kW. The station's studios (which are shared with its other sister stations) are located at the aptly named intersection of Broadcast Drive and Radio Station Road in

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, while a transmitter tower is located northwest of Evans.

History

92.3 FM signed on in mid-1992 as WAFJ, as a simulcast of

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's 100.9 WYFA Waynesboro. In June 1994, both stations were sold and switched to an

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format as "The New 92.3 and 100.9 The Beat" with 92.3 picking up the WAEG call letters. Radio One acquired the simulcast in 2001 and switched it to CHR format while still using "The Beat" brand. By 2002, the station simulcast was broken off causing 100.9 to drop from the air. Within a year, 92.3 switched formats to

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while 100.9 was launched as WTHB-FM, a gospel station. In August 2007,

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acquired Radio One's cluster of Augusta stations. Immediately after, WAEG's format was changed to Smooth Jazz. This move left Augusta without a modern rock station, except for the wide variety of rock that plays on

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95.1, or the very few that play on

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98.3. WAEG, which features programming from the Smooth Jazz Network, is one of the few terrestrial smooth jazz stations remaining on analog radio in the United States.

External links

WAEG official website
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Smooth jazz radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1992

History

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