WWEG

WWEG is a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Myersville, Maryland.

The station can be heard throughout the "Four-State Region" of western Maryland, south central Pennsylvania, eastern West Virginia and northern Virginia. WWEG's distance grade signal can be heard in Washington, D.C., though it is prone to interference from WJFK-FM.

WWEG is owned and operated by Manning Broadcasting, Inc.

History

WWEG was launched in 1954 as WARK-FM. In the mid 1970s, the calls were changed to WWCS, standing for "Country Sunshine", an automated country format it ran at the time. In a market dominated with country stations (WYII & WAYZ) WWCS struggled in the ratings even though it had the most powerful broadcast signal.

On October 6, 1982, WWCS became WARX, dropping its country format for Album Oriented Rock using the tagline "107 X Marks The Rock". 107X was a hit immediately, although its popularity waned as the "AOR" format struggled in the 80's. On March 1, 1985, the AOR format gave way to a soft adult contemporary format known as "Magic 106.9", yet the call letters stayed the same. In early 1991, the station adopted an oldies format (again with no call letter change) and became known as "Oldies 106.9", which eventually became its most popular incarnation.