WOWC (105.3
FM, "WOW Country") is a
radio station
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licensed to serve
Morrison, Tennessee. The station is owned by Peg Broadcasting, LLC. It airs a
country music
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format.
The station was assigned the WOWC call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on June 30,
2008
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Ownership
In March 2008, Peg Broadcasting Crossville LLC (Jeffrey Shaw, president) reached an agreement to purchase WRKK-FM from Clear Channel (John Hogan, CEO/radio) as part of a six station package.
The terms of the deal were undisclosed.
Station history
From 2000 to 2008, the station was granted the call letters WRKK-FM, selected to better match the rock music format. Until the June 2008 format flip to country music and call letter change to WOWC, WRKK-FM was branded on air as "The Rock Dog".
Image:WRKK-FM logo.jpg, "The Rock Dog" logo
References
External links
Peg Broadcasting official website*
*
Country radio stations in the United States
OWC
Warren County, Tennessee
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