WEKZ (AM)

WEKZ
City Monroe, Wisconsin
Slogan "The Voice of Green County"
Frequency 1260 kHz
First air date 1951
Format Classic Country
Power 1,000 watts (day)
19 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 25131
Transmitter coordinates 42°35′40″N 89°35′34″W / 42.59444°N 89.59278°W / 42.59444; -89.59278
Affiliations ABC radio
Owner Big Radio
(Scott Thompson)
Sister stations WBGR-FM, WFPS, WFRL, WQLF
Website wekz.com

WEKZ (1260 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Monroe, Wisconsin, USA. The station is owned by Big Radio and the broadcast license is held by Scott Thompson. Their studios and transmitter are east of Monroe, at W4765 Radio Lane.

Sister stations include WBGR-FM licensed to Monroe, WFRL (1570 AM) and WFPS (92.1 FM) licensed to Freeport, Illinois, and WQLF licensed to Lena, Illinois.

WEKZ broadcasts a classic country music format,[1] plus extensive local news and sports programming. The station was assigned the WEKZ call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved May 29, 2009.


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