WLZA (96.1
FM is a
classic hits
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radio station
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whose city of licence is
Eupora, Mississippi
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History
Eupora was established in 1889 by European Americans on a spur track of the Georgia Pacific Railway. While there had been agr ...
. WLZA serves
Starkville,
Columbus
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,
West Point, Mississippi
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and North-Central
Mississippi
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with an ERP of 40,000 watts. WLZA is owned by Stephen C. Davenport, through licensee
Telesouth Communications Inc.
History
WLZA signed on the air September 1, 1978,
as WEXA, the sister to
WEPA 710 AM. It carried a contemporary rock format as well as
Mississippi State University
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football and local high school sports. The call letters changed to WLZA in 1988.
In 1997, new studios were built for WLZA on Stark Road in
Starkville; the station moved in the next year, and WEPA shut down in March 1998. WLZA transitioned to a hot adult contemporary format including the
Rick and Bubba Show
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...
as well as Sunday worship programming.
Effective June 21, 2016 Metro Radio sold WLZA to Telesouth Communications, Inc. for $500,000.
On February 17, 2017 WLZA changed their format from hot adult contemporary to classic hits.
References
External links
*
FCC History Cards for WLZA
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Classic hits radio stations in the United States
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