which carried the wege callsign from 1998 2004 see wjkr . wege city lima ohio broadcast area allen county branding 104.9 the eagle slogan classic rock that really rocks frequency 104.9 mhz first air date april 19 2007 as wege november 25 1970 as wlsr format classic rock erp 3 000 watts haat 67 meters class a facility id 1061 transmitter coordinates 40 43 21.00 n 84 5 4.00 w 40.7225000 n 84.0844444 w 40.7225000 ; 84.0844444 callsign meaning w eagle former callsigns wuzz fm 1999 2007 wajc 1998 1999 wuzz fm 1998 wajc 1997 1998 wljm 1997 wlsr 1970 1997 affiliations united stations radio networks owner childers media group llc sister stations wcit wdoh wfgf wwsr webcast listen live website 1049theeagle . com wege 104.9 fm branded 104.9 the eagle is a commercial classic rock radio station licensed to lima ohio . owned by childers media group llc the station serves allen county and is the local affiliate for nights with alice cooper . both the wege studios and transmitter are located in lima . 1 contents 1 history 2 current programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wege was founded in 1970 as wlsr for lima stereo radio airing a beautiful music format which later moved to adult contemporary in 1986 after being purchased by allen broadcasting company . using the slogan lite 105 the station featured live local disc jockeys and newscasters in drive time and the transtar format 41 satellite service at all other times . in 1989 the station modified its nickname to lite rock 105 foregoing the satellite service in favor of all live local disc jockeys . in 1991 wlsr changed its nickname again this time to mix 104.9 while continuing the adult contemporary format . in 1995 wlsr and its sister am station wcit became among the first stations in the united states to operate using computers to store and play all music and commercials . the system built by scott studios allowed the stations to operate in live or fully automated modes with disc jockeys broadcasting live or pre recording their voice tracks into the system . in 1996 wlsr changed to an urban format changing its nickname to 105 jamz and its call letters to wljm standing for lima s jamz . in 1997 allen broadcasting company sold both stations to forever broadcasting which moved the urban r & b format and call letters to the am station renamed 940 jamz wljm . the fm station was briefly known as adult contemporary wajc from july 1997 to november 1999 from 1999 2005 the station aired classic hits under the callsign wuzz fm . the station was mostly automated using voices from the other stations in the building at the time wzoq etc. in recorded voice breaks . the morning and afternoon drive time slots were the only ones live . current programming edit on april 19 2007 the fcc approved a call sign change from wuzz fm to wege . wege had been the call sign of a station in westerville ohio owned by north american broadcasting in the columbus market prior to changing its call sign to wtda in 2004 . wege airs nights with alice cooper weeknights via united stations radio networks . 2 effective july 1 2013 wege and its sister stations were purchased by childers media group a locally owned company from maverick media at a price of 2.1 million ; its offices and studios were moved from its former location on cable road to 57 town square in downtown lima . citation needed references edit http zipcode.nightswithalicecooper.com affiliates.asp http svartifoss2.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod call hist.pl facility id 1061 & callsign wege external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wege radio locator information on wege query nielsen audio s fm station database for wege v t e radio stations in the lima ohio market by fm frequency 88.1 88.7 88.9 89.3 90.7 91.5 92.1 93.1 93.9 94.3 94.9 96.1 97.7 101.1 101.3 102.1 103.3 104.9 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5 by am frequency 940 1150 1220 by callsign wbcj wbie wbks wbuk wbwh lp wcbv lp wcit wdoh wege wert wfgf wgle whjm wima wimt wjta wkki wmlx wonb wrkd lp wtgn wttp lp wwsr wysm wzrx fm ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also list of radio stations in ohio v t e classic rock radio stations in the state of ohio by frequency 88.9 89.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.5 95.1 96.3 98.5 98.7 100.9 102.3 102.9 104.7 104.9 106.3 107.5 107.5 107.7 by callsign wbik wbno fm wbuk wege wfxj fm wfxn fm wlvq wmwx wncd wncx wofx fm wtue wvxg wxkr wxxf wyfm wyns wyro wzzz by city bryan cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton galion mansfield lima loudonville mcarthur jackson north kingsville ashtabula miamitown cincinnati mount gilead ottawa lima pleasant city portsmouth port clinton toledo waynesville youngstown youngstown sharon pennsylvania see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in ohio see also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wege & oldid 669619473 categories lima ohioradio stations in ohioradio stations established in 1970classic rock radio stations in the united states1970 establishments in ohiohidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 july 2015 at 11 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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