WZEB
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WZEB is a radio station
broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Ocean View, Delaware
, USA, the station serves the Salisbury-Ocean City Market. The station is currently owned by Great Scott Broadcasting.
. The station had an Adult Contemporary format that stayed on the air until 1989. In 1989, Tony Q bought WOVU. The call letters were changed to WRKE and the name was changed to 101.7 Kiss-FM, changing to an Urban Adult Contemporary format with a lean toward Soft Urban Adult Contemporary (Love Songs). 101.7 Kiss-FM stayed on the air until 1998 when Tony Q sold the station to Great Scott Broadcasting.
Great Scott Broadcasting, who had also bought WSUX 98.5, put on a Classic Hits Format, known as BIG-Classic Hits 98.5 & 101.7. The call letters were changed to WRBG to match the name of the station. In April 2001, 101.7 WRBG was broken off and flipped to Today's Hit Music B101-7 and the call letters were changed to WZEB. The station was targeted the females 18-49 demographic. Two years later, the station was paired with the WKDB
for greater coverage area. On August 25, 2009, GSB cut the simalcast with 95.3 WKDB.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Ocean View, Delaware
Ocean View, Delaware
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,006 people, 458 households, and 321 families residing in the town. The population density was 495.0 people per square mile . There were 751 housing units at an average density of 369.6 per square mile...
, USA, the station serves the Salisbury-Ocean City Market. The station is currently owned by Great Scott Broadcasting.
History
101.7 was originally put on the air around May 1985 as WOVU, licensed to Ocean View, DelawareOcean View, Delaware
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,006 people, 458 households, and 321 families residing in the town. The population density was 495.0 people per square mile . There were 751 housing units at an average density of 369.6 per square mile...
. The station had an Adult Contemporary format that stayed on the air until 1989. In 1989, Tony Q bought WOVU. The call letters were changed to WRKE and the name was changed to 101.7 Kiss-FM, changing to an Urban Adult Contemporary format with a lean toward Soft Urban Adult Contemporary (Love Songs). 101.7 Kiss-FM stayed on the air until 1998 when Tony Q sold the station to Great Scott Broadcasting.
Great Scott Broadcasting, who had also bought WSUX 98.5, put on a Classic Hits Format, known as BIG-Classic Hits 98.5 & 101.7. The call letters were changed to WRBG to match the name of the station. In April 2001, 101.7 WRBG was broken off and flipped to Today's Hit Music B101-7 and the call letters were changed to WZEB. The station was targeted the females 18-49 demographic. Two years later, the station was paired with the WKDB
WKDB
WKDB is a radio station broadcasting an Old School R&B format. Licensed to Laurel, Delaware, USA, the station serves the Salisbury-Ocean City Market. The station is currently owned by Great Scott Broadcasting....
for greater coverage area. On August 25, 2009, GSB cut the simalcast with 95.3 WKDB.