WMEE
Radio station in Fort Wayne, Indiana
41°06′43″N 85°11′42″W / 41.112°N 85.195°W / 41.112; -85.195Public license information
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WMEE (97.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. The station serves the Fort Wayne, Indiana area. The station is currently owned by Federated Media.[3]
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 as WMEF (and originally as WKJG-FM). The station has legendary and iconic nicknames and monikers throughout the years includes "The New Magic 97 FM, WMEE" (the first nickname and moniker used when WMEE moved from AM to FM in 1979), "The All New, All Hit 97 FM, WMEE", "Power 97 FM, WMEE", "Mix 97 FM, WMEE", and currently "97.3 WMEE".
HD Radio
WMEE is licensed to broadcast in the HD Radio (hybrid) format:[4][5]
- 97.3 HD1 is a digital simulcast of the traditional WMEE (analog) signal.
- 97.3 HD2 is a simulcast of News Talk WOWO.
Notable WMEE-FM alumni
- "Brooklynne" Beatty
- "Renee" Wilkins
- "Dan" Scheie
- "Boomer"
- "David" Scheie
- Jimmy "Ignatius" Knight
- Charly Butcher (deceased)
- Anthony "Tony" Richards
- Zack Skyler
- Gregg "Chuck Brodie" Cassidy
- J.C. Baker
- Jennifer Carr
- Gary "Adam Cook" Wheeler
- Chuck "Shotgun Lenny Harrison" Martin
- Captain Chris
- Steven "Magic Steve" Christian
- Jeffrey "Jeff" Davis
- Robert Elliott (deceased)
- Chad Hunt
- Scott Howard
- Antonette "Toni" Kayumi
- Dean McNeil
- Craig Morrison & Samantha Adams
- Brady Garrison
- Harry Lyles
- Kevin Meek
- Trina Neeley
- Richard Nunez
- Paul Poteet
- Douglas "Doug B." Pritchett
- Diane Shannon
- Bert Sherwood
- J.D. Spangler
- Scott Tsuleff
- Chris Tyler
- Christopher "Chris Coyote" Underwood
- Casey "Shaggy" Kasem
- Shadoe Stevens
Notable WMEE AM alumni
- Patrick "Big Pat" Barry
- Don Chevillet
- Dan Collins
- Bill Donovan
- Rick Hughes
- Chris Kane
- Casey "Shaggy" Kasem
- Shotgun Lenny Harrison (Chuck Martin)
- Bob Lee
- Victor Locke-Now in Durango, CO, Owner of victorlocke.com
- Gary Lockwood
- Jack Martin
- Jack Maurer-Now Associate Broker, Real Living Ness Bros. Real Estate & Auction Co.
- Mark Rivers
- James "Fast Jimi" Roberts
- Tom Roberts
- Steve Shine
- Michael St. John
- Doug Steele
- Vince Turner
- Mike Waite
- Tom Williams
References
- ^ "History". Federated Media. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMEE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WMEE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Search Details".
- ^ "Stations".
External links
- federatedmedia.com/radio/
- Official site
- Aircheck of the end of WMEF's beautiful music format and the beginning of Magic 97, 1979
- WMEE in the FCC FM station database
- WMEE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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by frequency & subchannel
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- WCYT
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- WELT-LP
- WERT
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- WFCV-FM
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- WFWI
- WGBJ
- WGBE
- WGDE
- WGL
- WIOE
- WIOE-FM
- WJCI
- WJFX
- WJHS
- WKJG
- WKSD
- WLAB
- WLDE
- WMEE
- HD2
- HD3
- WMYW-LP
- WNDH
- WNHE-LP
- WONW
- WOOO-LP
- WOWO
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