First air date 1967 HAAT 299 meters Facility ID 71366 City of license Springfield Owner Cumulus Media | ERP 96,640 watts Class C1 Frequency 93.1 MHz Format Urban contemporary Branding E93 | |
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Broadcast area Savannah, Georgia
Hilton Head, South Carolina Area Savannah, Hilton Head Island Slogan Savannah's Hip Hop and R&B Leader! | ||
WEAS-FM is a mainstream urban radio station licensed to Springfield, Georgia, but serving the Savannah Area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. Its studios are located on Television Circle in Savannah and utilizes a transmitter located west of the city in unincorporated Chatham County.
WEAS(FM) began operation in 1968 as an easy listening station to counter the country music format of the sister AM station (which had formerly been WJIV, with an R&B format, until 1960, and later as WEAS with the country format); the station's format was freeform progressive rock in the early part of the next decade. By the mid 1970s, the FM station switched to a similar urban format as today, as did the sister AM station, prior to it being sold and changed to a sports information station. The AM and FM stations were used to be owned by E.D. "Dee" Rivers, Jr, son of a former governor of Georgia.
WEAS-FM was licensed to Savannah, but moved to Springfield in order to allow WTYB to move to Tybee Island, in the Savannah metropolitan area. The station has historically targeted the African-American population in the Savannah area.
WEAS-FM was automated in its first few years, but changed to a live DJ when the format was changed from Easy Listening to R&B.
Former on-air staff
During WEAS's time as a country music station: