City Beloit, Wisconsin Frequency 1490 kHz Format Country | Broadcast area Janesville, Wisconsin First air date 1948 | |
Branding Iron Country - 101.9 and 1490 | ||
WGEZ (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies music format. Licensed to Beloit, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Janesville area. The station is currently owned by Scott Thompson, through licensee Big Radio. WGEZ features programming from Westwood One's Good Time Oldies and AP Radio.
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Station sale
A purchase agreement, dated September 16, 2014, shows WGEZ being sold by Alliance Communications, Inc. to Big Radio, from Monroe, Wisconsin. Big Radio also owns WEKZ AM-FM, WFRL, WFPS, WQLF, WBEL, and WWHG. The sale to Big Radio, at a price of $150,000, was consummated on December 31, 2014.
History
WGEZ began broadcasting September 26, 1948, on 1490 KHz with 100 W power (full-time). The station, a Mutual affiliate, was licensed to Beloit Broadcasting Company. On August 3, 2016 WGEZ switched format over to Iron Country 101.9FM and 1490AM. The format was designed for those country music listeners. That are tired of the Pop sounding country music on today's radio. The weekday lineup consists of Big Red in the morning from 6 til 10am with his co-host Tyler Zavadsky, Sherri Gibson on Midday's from 10am til 3pm, Afternoons with Keith Cech from 3pm til 7pm, Evenings with Hurricane Jerry Huffar from 7pm til Midnight, and Overnights from Midnight til 5am with Katie Turner.