WPZE
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| City | Mableton, Georgia |
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| Broadcast area | metro Atlanta |
| Branding | "Praise 102.5" |
| Slogan | "Atlanta's Inspiration Station" |
| Frequency | 102.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1997 |
| Format | Gospel |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 143 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 24562 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°41′20.00″N 84°30′38.00″W / 33.6888889°N 84.5105556°W |
| Callsign meaning | W PraiZE (play on "Praise") |
| Former callsigns | WAMJ (2001-2009) WAWE (1997-2001) |
| Owner |
Radio One of Atlanta (New Mableton Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Sister stations | WAMJ, WHTA, WUMJ |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.mypraiseatl.com |
WPZE ("Praise 102.5") is a radio station located in Atlanta, Georgia. Operating on 102.5 MHz, it is assigned Mableton as its city of license, and transmits from a location in southwest Atlanta, near I-285 and Langford Parkway, with studios located at Centennial Tower downtown. The callsign was previously assigned to what is now WUMJ in Fayetteville, Georgia until they were moved to 102.5 FM along with the Urban Gospel format on February 16, 2009. The previous call sign WAMJ was moved back to the 107.5 FM frequency (formerly WJZZ-FM) to reunite with the "Majic" branding and format which started simulcasting on WUMJ.
This station is broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.
The station is the result of Docket 80-90, the FCC plan to allow more stations on the air by reducing the required spacings. During the mid-1980s, it was decided that one of these new stations would be assigned to the west-northwest side of metro Atlanta. Several applicants requested the new allotment be assigned to one of four cities: Mableton, Lithia Springs, Douglasville, and Forest Park. The frequency already belonged to WGHR in Marietta, the student radio station at what is now Southern Polytechnic State University — however the forced downgrade to second-class status left the class D station vulnerable. It applied for the new allotment and to have it reserved to Marietta and as noncommercial, however the FCC refused this, leaving WGHR with no chance of upgrading. The remaining contenders applied in 1988, and had a lengthy battle in court. After many years of legal wrangling over the frequency, the station came on the air in 2001, forcing WGHR at SPSU to 100.7, and then off the air completely due to WWWQ's move-in on 100.5. The station was assigned the call sign WAWE FM on November 24, 1997 during its construction permit.
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