WIOL-FM (95.7 FM, "95.7 ESPN") is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee ...

, area. The station is owned by Davis Broadcasting of Columbus, Inc. and features programming from

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. Its studios are co-located with four other sister stations on Wynnton Road in Columbus east of downtown, and its transmitter is located in Waverly Hall.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WKZJ on 1993-09-15. On 30 March 2005, the station changed its

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to the current WIOL-FM. WIOL changed format from Classic Hits to Hot AC in late 2007, and changed the station moniker from Classic Hits 95-7 The River to the New Mix 95-7. On October 16, 2009, WIOL changed format to sports talk and carries the simulcast of WIOL 1580 AM.

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