WEAS-FM (93.1

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to Springfield, Georgia, and serving the

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. It airs an

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and is owned by

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. Its studios are on Television Circle in Savannah. WEAS-FM is a Class C1 station, with an

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(ERP) of 96,640

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s. The

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is off Fort Argyle Road (

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), west of Savannah, in unincorporated Chatham County.Radio-Locator.com/WEAS
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History

WEAS-FM

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the air in . It was an

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station, originally licensed to Savannah. It was

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, playing quarter-hour sweeps of mostly soft, instrumental music. WEAS-FM was partnered with an AM

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that played

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. 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

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s. It switched to freeform

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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

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changed to a

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format. It is now silent. WEAS-FM moved its

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from Savannah to Springfield to allow 103.9

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to move to

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, within the Savannah metropolitan area. Since the late 1970s, WEAS-FM has targeted the

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population in the Savannah area.

Former on-air staff

During WEAS-FM's time as Sunday morning

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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

External links

WEAS-FM official website
* African-American history in Savannah, Georgia Mainstream urban radio stations in the United States EAS-FM Cumulus Media radio stations {{GeorgiaUS-radio-station-stub