WKEU-FM 88.9 is an FM

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broadcasting a

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 1980s ...

format. Its

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The Rock, Georgia The Rock is an unincorporated community in Upson County, Georgia, United States. The Rock is located on Georgia State Route 36, northeast of Thomaston. The Rock has a post office with ZIP code 30285, although the post office is on the list to b ...

, United States. The station is owned by Georgia Public Radio, Inc. (no relation to

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's GPB Radio), and also features

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ming from ABC Radio. Having an original airdate in 1999, it is the

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of WKEU AM 1450, in nearby

Griffin, Georgia Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 23,478. Griffin was founded in 1840 and named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawr ...

. The

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was previously on 97.5 in

Fayetteville, Georgia Fayetteville is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,957, up from 15,945 at the 2010 census. Fayetteville is located south of downtown Atlanta. In 2015 ...

, also nearby. WKEU-FM is highly unusual in that the vast majority of

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stations in the U.S. are either

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, or one of a few

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stations. In contrast, this station does not appear to be supported by any such group, nor does it engage in any on-air

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s, or any other

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activities, nor any self-promotion of its own programming or of the organization that operates it. It also has almost no talking between songs, and no

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s, instead seeming to be run by

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. Classic rock is also nearly unheard-of on a noncommercial station, instead being more likely on

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, which

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already has one of on full-power

WNNX WNNX (100.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to College Park, Georgia, featuring a classic alternative format as "99X". Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. WNNX's studios are located in Sandy Sp ...

FM.

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* KEU-FM Classic hits radio stations in the United States {{GeorgiaUS-radio-station-stub