WOOZ-FM (99.9
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
country music
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format. Licensed to
Harrisburg, Illinois
Harrisburg () is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Illinois, United States. It is located about southwest of Evansville, Indiana, and southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Its 2020 population was 8,219, and the surrounding Harris ...
, United States, the station serves the
Marion–
Carbondale area. The station is owned by
Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC.
History
The station was assigned the call letters WEBQ-FM in 1947.
On August 2, 1989, the station changed its call sign to the current WOOZ-FM.
Ownership
In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase
WCIL,
WCIL-FM,
WJPF, WOOZ-FM,
WUEZ,
WXLT,
KCGQ-FM,
KEZS-FM,
KGIR,
KGKS,
KJEZ,
KKLR-FM,
KLSC,
KMAL,
KSIM,
KWOC, and
KZIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.
References
External links
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Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1947
Max Media radio stations
1947 establishments in Illinois
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