WMEE is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. The station serves the Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

 area. The station is currently owned by Federated Media.

History

The WMEE calls originated in 1971 at 1380 kHz on the AM dial as a Top 40 outlet before switching to 97.3 FM in 1979. 97.3 FM had previously programmed beautiful music

Beautiful music

Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...

 as WMEF(and originally as WKJG-FM).

As an FM CHR station, WMEE achieved extremely high ratings in the Fort Wayne market during the late 1980s, achieving ratings as high as 25% (12+) at its peak. In the early 1990s, the station got competition in the form of WDJB "B106", which quickly cut into WMEE's ratings, culminating in the latter switching from CHR

Contemporary hit radio

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/Top 40 to the current Hot Adult Contemporary format as Mix 97.3 in 1994. The AM station has since reverted to the original call letters of WKJG

WKJG

WKJG is a radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station, owned by Federated Media, is Fort Wayne's ESPN Radio affiliate.-History:...

 in 2003.

Programming

Currently, WMEE broadcasts a variety of pop music from the 1970s

1970s

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, 1980s

1980s

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, 1990s

1990s

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, 2000s, and today

2010s

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Notable WMEE-FM alumni

• Craig Morrison & Sam Adams
• Brady Garrison (winner of WMEE's Radio Idol)
• J.C. Baker
• Charly Butcher
• Gregg Cassidy
• Jennifer Carr
• Shotgun Lenny Harrison (Chuck Martin)
• "Captain" Chris
• Steve "Magic" Christian
• Jeff Davis
• Robert Elliott (deceased)
• Chad Hunt
• Toni Kayumi
• Dean McNeil
• Zack Skyler
• Kevin Meek
• Harry Lyles
• Paul Poteet
• Douglas B. Pritchett
• Tony Richards
• Chris "Coyote" Underwood
• Diane Shannon
• Bert Sherwood
• J.D. Spangler
• Scott Tsuleff
• Chris Tyler
• Trina Neeley

Notable WMEE-AM Alumni

• Pat Barry
• Don Chevillet
• Dan Collins
• Bill Donovan
• Rick Hughes
• Chris Kane
• Shotgun Lenny Harrison (Chuck Martin)
• Bob Lee
• Victor Locke-Now in Durango, CO, Owner of victorlocke.com
• Gary Lockwood
• Jack Martin
• Jack Maurer
• Mark Rivers
• "Fast" Jimi Roberts
• Tom Roberts
• Steve Shine
• Michael St. John
• Doug Steele
• Vince Turner
• Mike Waite
• Tom Williams