WOOZ-FM is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois

Harrisburg, Illinois

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, USA, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale (IL) area. The station is currently owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC.

History

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.

Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL

WCIL (AM)

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, WCIL-FM, WJPF

WJPF

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, WOOZ-FM, WUEZ

WUEZ

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, WXLT

WXLT

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, KCGQ-FM, KEZS-FM

KEZS-FM

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, KGIR

KGIR

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, KGKS

KGKS

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, KJEZ, KKLR-FM

KKLR-FM

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, KLSC

KLSC

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, KMAL

KMAL

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, KSIM

KSIM

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, KWOC, and KZIM

KZIM

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from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.