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| Broadcast area | Savannah, Georgia Hilton Head, South Carolina |
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| Frequency | 97.3 MHz |
| Branding | 97.3 Kiss FM |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
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| WLVH, WQBT, WSOK, WTKS, WYKZ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1976; 48 years ago (1976) |
Former call signs | WXLM (1970s-1980) |
Call sign meaning | Corruption of wave (previous branding) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 50403 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 396 meters (1,299 ft) |
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Public license information |
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| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 973kissfm.iheart.com |
WAEV (97.3 FM, "97.3 Kiss FM") is a commercial radio station licensedtoSavannah, Georgia. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format. WAEV's transmitter is located near Bloomingdale, Georgia, and shares studios with its sister stations in Garden City.
During the early- and mid-1970s, WXLM was an easy listening station. In September 1977, the station flipped to Album Rock in response to WTOC starting a highly successful overnight album rock program in 1976. Before this, Savannah had been without a rock station since WEAS-FM flipped in the early 1970s. 97.3 went by the name 97 Rock with the call sign WXLM. In 1980, the station flipped to Adult Contemporary known as WAEV ("Wave 97").
When WXLM left the air, Savannah did not have a rock station until WIXV picked up the format in 1986. The station evolved into a Hot AC station as Mix 97.3 in 1993. After several years of falling numbers and revenue in the early 2000s, the station rebranded to Clear Channel's Top 40 Kiss FM format in December 2001. After several months of further format "tweaking", the station moved into a more mainstream mix of music than most other Kiss-branded stations.
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