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WVSC (103.1 FM) is a variety hits formatted radio station known as "SC 103.1" targeted towards the
The sale, at a price of $450,000, was consummated on January 8, 2014. On February 15, 2014, WGZO changed callsigns to WVSC. On February 21, 2014, WVSC changed formats to variety hits, branded as "SC 103". In early 2017, Apex Broadcasting sold their radio stations in Charleston and Hilton Head, South Carolina to Saga Communications for $23 million. At that time, the HD radio, HD2 channel and its
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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Lowcountry
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.
History
The station signed on in 1985 on 92.1 with a 3,000-watt signal broadcasting from St. Helena Island, about 10 miles east of Beaufort. Because it was so close to WSGA-FM on 92.3, the station was limited in its transmitter power. In 1999, the station swapped frequencies with WBHC-FM on 103.1 to get a better signal into Savannah. The station has difficulties reaching listeners in Savannah because of its inferiorsignal
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. In January 2006 the station was given permission by the Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) to move its tower closer to Savannah.
On November 11, 2013, L & L Broadcasting sold WGZO to Apex Broadcasting; this marks Apex Broadcasting's first entry into the Savannah/Hilton Head markeThe sale, at a price of $450,000, was consummated on January 8, 2014. On February 15, 2014, WGZO changed callsigns to WVSC. On February 21, 2014, WVSC changed formats to variety hits, branded as "SC 103". In early 2017, Apex Broadcasting sold their radio stations in Charleston and Hilton Head, South Carolina to Saga Communications for $23 million. At that time, the HD radio, HD2 channel and its
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99.1 W256CB and 106.5 W293BZ played soft adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ...
music, which later moved to WOEZ. The sale was consummated on September 1, 2017.
Programming
Previous formats and call signs include: * WGCQ: 1985–1987 * WBHH: 1987–1990 * WOCW: 1990–1997. Station was owned by local car dealer O.C. Welch and broadcast anoldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as ...
format.
* WGZO: 1997–1999. Station simulcasted with Georgia station WGCO
WGCO (98.3 FM, "Hot 98-3") is a commercial radio station licensed to Midway, Georgia. Owned by Dick Broadcasting, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format targeted towards Savannah and Brunswick. Its studios are in Savannah, while the tr ...
as oldies
* 1999 Frequency change to 103.1
* WGZO: 1999–2002. Rhythmic Top 40 "The Real Z 103 dot 1"
* WGZO: 2002–2004. 1980s hits "Star 103.1 – The '80s Channel"
* WGZO 2004–2014. Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980 ...
"103.1 the Drive"
* WVSC 2014–Present. Variety hits "SC 103"
Previous logos
See also
* List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state) *Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by ...
*Lists of radio stations in North and Central America
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Argentina
* FM La Boca - 90.1 FM Buenos Aires
* FM Federal - 99.5 FM Buenos Aires
* Radio Nacional de Argentina - 870 AM Buenos Aires
** R. Nacional Clasica
** R. Nacional Folclorica
** R. Nacional ...
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External links
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