WAEG

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WAEG

City	Evans, Georgia
Broadcast area	Augusta, Georgia
Frequency	92.3 MHz
Branding	Smooth Jazz 92.3 FM
Programming
Format	Smooth Jazz
Ownership
Owner	Perry Broadcasting
Sister stations	WFXA, WAKB, WTHB
History
First air date	1992 (as WYFZ)
Former call signs	WYFZ (1991-1994)
Call sign meaning	Augusta Evans Georgia
Technical information
Facility ID	31941
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	923smoothjazz.com

WAEG is a commercial smooth jazz radio station in Evans, Georgia, broadcasting to the Augusta, Georgia area. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast on 92.3 FM, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6 kW. The station's studios (which are shared with its other sister stations) are located at the aptly named intersection of Broadcast Drive and Radio Station Road in North Augusta, South Carolina, while a transmitter tower is located northwest of Evans.

History[]

92.3 FM signed on in mid-1992 as WAFJ, as a simulcast of Bible Broadcasting Network's 100.9 WYFA Waynesboro. In June 1994, both stations were sold and switched to an UC format as "The New 92.3 and 100.9 The Beat" with 92.3 picking up the WAEG call letters.

Radio One acquired the simulcast in 2001 and switched it to CHR format while still using "The Beat" brand. By 2002, the station simulcast was broken off causing 100.9 to drop from the air. Within a year 92.3 switched formats to Modern Rock while 100.9 was launched as WTHB-FM a gospel station.

In August 2007, Perry Broadcasting acquired Radio One's cluster of Augusta stations. Immediately after, WAEG's format was changed to Smooth Jazz. This move left Augusta without a modern rock station, except for the wide variety of rock that plays on WGAC-FM 95.1, or the very few that play on WHHD 98.3.

WAEG, which features programming from the Smooth Jazz Network, is one of the few terrestrial smooth jazz stations remaining on analog radio in the United States.

See also[]

• Media in Augusta, Georgia

External links[]

• WAEG official website
• WAEG in the FCC FM station database
• WAEG on Radio-Locator
• WAEG in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Coordinates: 33°35′24″N 82°13′52″W / 33.590°N 82.231°W / 33.590; -82.231