WQEZ
| City | Onaway, Michigan |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Cheboygan, Michigan |
| Branding | Easy 106-3 |
| Slogan | Continuous Soft Favorites |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| Translator(s) | 98.1 W251AD (Alpena) |
| First air date | 2011 (as WYPV) |
| Format | Soft AC |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 31,000 watts |
| HAAT | 191 meters |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 189540 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°39′01″N 84°20′37″W / 45.65028°N 84.34361°W |
| Callsign meaning | EZ = "Easy" |
| Former callsigns | WYPV (8/16/2011-5/10/2013) WJZJ (5/10/2013-5/30/2013) WOEZ (5/30/2013-3/24/2017) |
| Owner | Black Diamond Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WCBY, WCHY, WGFE, WGFM, WGFN, WMKC, WTWS, WUPS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wqez.fm |
WQEZ (106.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Onaway, Michigan. WQEZ is imaged as "Easy 106.3". The station is owned by Black Diamond Broadcasting.
ABC Entertainment Network news is featured at the top of each hour. WQEZ is also heard on translator 98.1 W251AD in Alpena. The Easy format was also heard on WQEZ 95.5 FM of Glen Arbor, Michigan from 2013 until 2017, who separately imaged as "Easy 95.5". 106.3 was then known as WOEZ. The two stations aired the same musical format with the same songs in the same order (with a slight delay), but were not simulcast, as station imaging, commercials, and weather forecasts were separate. 95.5 is now known as WGFE, simulcasting sister station WGFM 105.1.
WQEZ broadcasts a "super-soft" adult contemporary format (similar to that of WDUV in Tampa, Florida, or WFEZ in Miami, Florida) to northwestern lower Michigan. Typical artists include Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Elvis Presley, Carpenters, Olivia Newton-John, Elton John, Celine Dion, and Kenny Rogers among others, with a small scattering of more contemporary AC hits from artists like Adele, Colbie Caillat, and Lady Antebellum. WQEZ's signal covers the northern tip of the lower peninsula and much of eastern Upper Michigan.
In June 2011, broadcast veteran Del Reynolds applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on August 8, 2011, with a scheduled expiration date of August 8, 2014. The new station was assigned call sign "WQEZ" on August 16, 2011.
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