WKEZ (1240

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, "98.7 EZ-FM") is an AM

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licensed to

Bluefield, West Virginia Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 9,658 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Bluefield micropolitan area extending into Virginia, which had a populatio ...

. Owned by Charles Spencer and Rick Lambert, through licensee First Media Services, LLC, it broadcasts a

soft adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

format.

History

On September 14, 2016, WKEZ changed their format from classic country to

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, branded as "G98.7", simulcasting on FM translator W254CV 98.7 FM Bluefield.

Alpha Media Alpha Media LLC is a radio broadcasting company based in Portland, Oregon, and led by Bob Proffitt. The group does business under the Alpha Media name. It was formed from the merger of Alpha Broadcasting, L&L Broadcasting, and Main Line Broadc ...

sold its Bluefield cluster to First Media Services in September 2018. In December 2018, WKEZ rebranded as "Z98.7", with no change in format. In November 2019, WKEZ began stunting with Christmas music as "Christmas 98.7". At midnight on January 1, 2020, the station flipped to

as "98.7 EZ-FM". The new format is also simulcast by

WELC WELC (1150 kHz, "98.7 EZ-FM") is a soft adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Welch, West Virginia serving Welch and McDowell County, West Virginia. WELC is owned by First Media Services, LLC. At midnight on January ...

1150 AM Welch.

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* * * {{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in West Virginia Soft adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1948 KEZ Mass media in Bluefield, West Virginia 1948 establishments in West Virginia