WKAZ-FM

WKAZ-FM

City	Miami, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Metro Charleston, West Virginia
Branding	Tailgate 107.3
Slogan	Party Songs for Party People
Frequency	107.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	June 6, 1983
Format	adult hits
ERP	23,500 watts
HAAT	206 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	19535
Transmitter coordinates	38°16′25.0″N 81°31′27.0″W / 38.273611°N 81.524167°W / 38.273611; -81.524167
Affiliations	West Virginia MetroNews
Owner	West Virginia Radio Corporation (West Virginia Radio Corporation of Charleston)
Sister stations	WCHS, WKAZ, WKWS, WRVZ, WSWW, WSWW-FM, WVAF
Webcast	WKAZ-FM Webstream
Website	WKAZ-FM Online

WKAZ-FM is a Variety (radio) formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Miami, West Virginia, serving Metro Charleston. WKAZ-FM is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation. WKAZ broadcasts in HD.^[1]

WKAZ-FM's logo under previous "Classic Top 40" format.

History

The West Virginia Radio Corporation purchased WKAZ-FM and WSWW-AM in 1995. In 2006, WKAZ flipped from Oldies to Adult Hits under the "Jack FM" branding, using the ABC Radio satellite feed. In March 2007, WKAZ-FM restored the previous oldies format using Tom Kent's "Classic Top 40" branding. It positioned itself as "107.3 WKAZ-FM, Classic Top 40".

On April 25, 2011, WKAZ-FM changed its format to classic rock, branded as "107.3 K-Rock".

On August 8, 2014, after stunting for a day with patriotic-themed songs, WKAZ-FM rebranded itself as "Tailgate 107.3," using a "no rules" very broad variety hits format, technically bringing the Variety Hits format to Charleston on the frequency that originally carried it. Tailgate's format seems to be a combination of CHR, Hip-Hop, Pop, Country, Rock, and Classic Hits. A sample hour include such artists such as Brad Paisley, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Rage Against The Machine.^[2]

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WKAZ

Radio-Locator information on WKAZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKAZ

Radio stations in the Charleston, West Virginia market

By AM frequency	560 580 680 950 1080 1110 1240 1300 1340 1410 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 90.9 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.5 96.1 96.9 97.5 98.7 99.9 100.9 102.7 103.7 105.1 106.9 107.3 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio	162.55

By callsign	WAXE-LP WBES WCHS WCIR-FM WCWV WEMM-FM WJLS WJYP WKAZ WKAZ-FM WKLC-FM WKVW WKWS WLUX WMON WMUX WMXE WONS WQBE-FM WRVZ WSCW WSWW WTSQ-LP WVAF WVPB WVSR-FM WVTS WWSA-LP WXAF WXJ84 WYNL WZAC-FM

Defunct stations	WXDB-LP

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in West Virginia

West Virginia Radio Corporation

AM Radio Stations:	WAJR WBUC WCHS WCMD WDNE WEPM WJLS WKAZ WKLP WSWW

FM Radio Stations:	WAJR-FM WBRB WBTQ WDNE-FM WDYK WDZN WELK WFBY WFGM-FM WICL WJLS-FM WKAZ-FM WKKW WKWS WLTF WQZK-FM WRVZ WSWW-FM WVAF WVAQ WVMD WWLW

Radio Networks:	West Virginia MetroNews

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