WEAS-FM

WEAS-FM

City	Springfield, Georgia
Broadcast area	Savannah, Georgia Hilton Head, South Carolina
Frequency	93.1 MHz
Branding	E93
Programming
Format	Mainstream Urban
Ownership
Owner	Cumulus Broadcasting (Cumulus Licensing LLC)
Sister stations	WIXV, WJCL-FM, WTYB
History
First air date	1967
Call sign meaning	The WEAS callsign was originally licensed to Decatur, Georgia, home to two schools: Emory and Agnes Scott
Technical information
Facility ID	71366
Class	C1
ERP	96,640 watts
HAAT	299 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen Live or Listen Live via iHeart
Website	e93fm.com

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 Sunday morning Gospel music station:

• Deacon Charles L. Palmer who established the "Stairways to Heaven Program (1991-1997) (deceased July 10, 2001)

During WEAS's time as a country music station:

• JayAllen Brimmer (1960-1969) (deceased)
• Norman "Lefty" Lindsey (1961-1970), father of Lawanda Lindsey
• Everett Langford (1963-1967) (was also Chief Engineer)
• Tex Lowther (1969-1975) The Bumper to Bumper Club

External links[]

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

Coordinates: 32°02′46″N 81°20′28″W / 32.046°N 81.341°W / 32.046; -81.341

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