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WOWZ (AM)

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WOWZ
Broadcast area
Frequency1280 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
Ownership
Owner
  • Perception Media Group, Inc.
  • (Perception Media, Inc.)
History
First air date
1974
Last air date
November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)
Former call signs
  • WTTX (1974–1995)
  • WWAR (1995–2002)
Technical information
Facility ID8075
ClassD
Power1,000 watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates
37°22′19.0″N 78°50′6.0″W / 37.371944°N 78.835000°W / 37.371944; -78.835000

WOWZ was a broadcast radio station licensed to Appomattox, Virginia, serving Appomattox and Appomattox County, Virginia. WOWZ was owned and operated by Perception Media Group, Inc.[1]

History

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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.[2][3]

The station's owners surrendered the license for WOWZ to the Federal Communications Commission on November 10, 2014; the FCC cancelled the license on November 18, 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "WOWZ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcasting Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Assignment Agreement". FCC Media Bureau. February 26, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2010.
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