WOOZ-FM


WOOZ-FM is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Harrisburg, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale 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 1947-9-1. 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, 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. The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.