WRZE
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- iHeartMedia, Inc.
- (iHM Licenses, LLC)
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| Frequency | 94.1 MHz |
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| Branding | Rock 94.1 - 97.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WDAR-FM, WDSC, WEGX, WJMX, WJMX-FM, WWRK, WZTF | |
| History | |
First air date | 1998 (as WGSS) |
Former call signs | WAOT (1995–1996, CP) WGSS (1996–2009) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 3121 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°43′32.00″N 79°58′19.00″W / 33.7255556°N 79.9719444°W |
| Repeater | 970 kHz (WWRK) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | therockfms.iheart.com |
WRZE (94.1 FM) is a radio station airing a classic rock format. Licensed to Kingstree, South Carolina, United States, the station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC.[2]
In a deal announced in February 1997, Root Communications Ltd. announced plans to buy eight radio stations owned by Florence, South Carolina-based Atlantic Broadcasting, including WGSS.[3] Qantum Communications Inc. purchased Florence's Root Communications Group LP stations in 2003.[4]
WGSS was "94.1 The Light", an urban gospel station, prior to 2009.
At one time, WRZE simulcast WDAR-FM and played adult contemporary music.[5]
In 2012, Sunny 94.1 was flipped to mainstream urban "Swagga". It was also simulcast on WWRK.[6] Later WWRK moved from 1400 to 970 AM.[7][8]
On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WRZE, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York to Connoisseur Media via Qantum.[9] The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.
In August 2017, WRZE, WWRK and the translators began simulcasting WDAR-FM, which took over the urban contemporary format.[10]
On September 14, 2017 WRZE, WWRK and the translators dropped the urban simulcast with WDAR-FM and switched to classic rock, branded as "Rock 94.1 - 97.9 - 105.9". The station airs the syndicated "Rover's Morning Glory".[11]