City | Harrisburg, Illinois |
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Broadcast area | |
Branding | New Country Z100 |
Frequency | 99.9 MHz |
First air date | February 13, 1981 |
Format | Country |
Audience share | 9.9 (Fa'06, R&R) |
ERP | 32,000 watts |
HAAT | 189.0 meters |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 74581 |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°36′45.00″N 88°52′3.00″W / 37.6125000°N 88.8675000°W |
Former callsigns | WEBQ-FM (1981-1989) |
Owner | Max Media (MRR License LLC) |
Sister stations | WCIL, WCIL-FM, WUEZ, WJPF, WXLT |
Website | http://www.z100fm.com |
WOOZ-FM (99.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale (IL) area. The station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC.
The station was assigned the call letters WEBQ-FM on 1981-02-13. On 1989-08-02, the station changed its call sign to the current WOOZ-FM.
In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WJPF, WOOZ-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM, KGIR, KGKS, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KLSC, KMAL, KSIM, KWOC, and KZIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.