WZEE
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| City | Madison, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | South Central Wisconsin |
| Branding | Z104 |
| Slogan | Madison's #1 Hit Music Station |
| Frequency | 104.1 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1949 |
| Format | 104.1: Top 40 (CHR) 104.1 HD2: Classical Highlights |
| ERP | 12,000 watts |
| HAAT | 306 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 41980 |
| Callsign meaning | "ZEE" = the sound of the letter "Z" |
| Former callsigns | WKOW-FM (1949-early 1950s) WMFM (early 1950s-1975) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WIBA (AM), WIBA-FM, WMAD, WTSO, WXXM |
| Webcast |
Z104 live stream Classical Highlights live stream |
| Website | z104fm.com |
WZEE (104.1 MHz FM) is a radio station licensed to Madison, Wisconsin and serving South Central Wisconsin. Known on-air as "Z104," the station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) music format.
The station originally launched in 1948 as WKOW-FM, sharing ownership with WKOW-AM (the current WTSO). New ownership in the early 1950s re-called the station to WMFM. In the mid-1970s, the station converted from classical music to its current Top 40 format, adopting the WZEE call sign and "Z104" on-air brand as well.
In its early years, "Z104" ran an automated Top 40 (CHR) format XT40 from Drake-Chenault programming, but live-and-local content would be added to the station over the years. Z104 was original home to the popular morning drive-time pairing of "Connie and Fish" during the 2000s; the pair would move to Clear Channel's Milwaukee classic rock sister station WQBW in 2008, with the show remaining on WZEE in a simulcast. When WQBW became top 40 station WRNW in 2010, "Connie & Fish" became "Connie & Curtis" after "Fish" Calloway left Clear Channel to work for the competitor 931 Jamz (WJQM). On September 4, 2012, "Connie & Curtis" (who had left for WLHT in West Michigan, ironically a competitor of WZEE sister WSNX) would be replaced on both WZEE and WRNW by the nationally syndicated Elvis Duran and the Morning Show. "Z104" schedule features voicetracked or syndicated programming (including Elvis Duran and fellow Premiere Networks show On Air with Ryan Seacrest).
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