WAVK

WAVK
City	Marathon, Florida
Broadcast area	Florida Keys area
Slogan	97.7 Wave FM
Frequency	97.7 MHz
First air date	1995-03-03 (as WDUC)
Format	Hot Adult Contemporary
ERP	50,000 watts horizontal 49,000 watts vertical
HAAT	65 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	23294
Transmitter coordinates	24°39′38.40″N 81°25′9.70″W / 24.6606667°N 81.4193611°W / 24.6606667; -81.4193611
Former callsigns	WDUC (1995-1995) WKTS (1995-1999) WWWK (1999-2003)
Affiliations	Cumulus Media Networks Florida Panthers^[1]
Owner	Robert Holladay (Florida Keys Media, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live (via TuneIn)
Website	977thewave.com

WAVK (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Marathon, Florida, USA, the station serves the Florida Keys. The station is currently owned by Robert Holladay, through licensee Florida Keys Media, LLC, and features programming from Cumulus Media Networks.^[2]

History

The station went on the air as WDUC on 1995-03-03. On 1995-11-03, the station changed its call sign to WKTS, on 1999-09-09 to WWWK, and on 2003-10-23 to the current WAVK.^[3] The first real format of WWWK was pure dance music as "K97", before flipping to hot AC "Wave".

In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting, LLC reached a deal to sell its Florida Keys stations (including WAVK) to Florida Keys Media, LLC (a company controlled by Robert H. Holladay).^[4] At a price of $475,000, the sale of WAVK was consummated on July 1, 2014.

References

↑ Florida Panthers Partner with 97.7 The Wave Panthers.NHL.com July 29, 2015.
↑ "WAVK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WAVK Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Ownership Of Green Bay Cluster Goes Back From Clear Channel To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WAVK

Radio-Locator information on WAVK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WAVK

Radio stations in the Florida Keys

By AM frequency	560 610 940 1180 1300 1500 1600

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 90.1 90.9 90.9 91.5 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.7 93.9 94.9 95.7 96.9 97.7 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.7 103.1 104.1 104.9 105.5 105.9 106.7 106.9 107.5 107.9

By callsign	Radio Martí WAIL WAMR-FM WAVK WBGG-FM WCNK WCTH WEOW WFEZ WFFG WFKZ WHNJ WIIS WINZ WIOD WKEY-FM WKEZ-FM WKIZ WKLG WKWF WKWM WKYZ WLFE WMIA-FM WMXJ WPIK WQAM WRTO-FM WWUS WWWK WXDJ WXKW WYBX WZTU

Former transmitters	1630/1680 KONK (now on 1500 WKIZ)

Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring See also List of radio stations in Florida

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