WOWZ was a

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licensed to

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. WOWZ was owned and operated by Perception Media Group, Inc.

History

The station was first licensed, as WTTX, on October 7, 1974. The call letters were changed to WWAR on June 1, 1995, and to WOWZ on February 15, 2002. On March 4, 2010, WOWZ's owners, Perception Media Group, Inc., began the process to sell WOWZ to OneCom, Inc. for $10,000. The station's owners surrendered the license for WOWZ to the

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on November 10, 2014; the FCC cancelled the license on November 18, 2014.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 8075 (WOWZ)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for WOWZ
(covering 1973-1981 as WTTX) OWZ 1974 establishments in Virginia 2014 disestablishments in Virginia Radio stations established in 1974 Radio stations disestablished in 2014 Defunct radio stations in the United States OWZ OWZ {{Virginia-radio-station-stub