WEZS

For the radio station in Richmond, Virginia, formerly known as WEZS-FM, see WURV.

WEZS

City	Laconia, New Hampshire
Broadcast area	Laconia/Franklin, New Hampshire
Slogan	The New Talk Authority
Frequency	1350 kHz
First air date	1922
Format	Talk radio/all-news radio
Power	5,000 watts (day) 112 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	23321
Transmitter coordinates	43°30′27.0″N 71°31′0.0″W / 43.507500°N 71.516667°W / 43.507500; -71.516667
Former callsigns	WLNH, WKZU, WMRS
Owner	Gary W. Hammond
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wezs.com

WEZS (1350 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Laconia, New Hampshire, serving the Laconia and Franklin, New Hampshire area. WEZS is owned and operated by Gary W. Hammond.

History

WEZS traces its origins to New Hampshire's first broadcast radio station, WKAV, an experimental station run by a local radio club, which went on the air in 1922 but went dark about a decade later after a myriad of financial problems. In 1934, the station was reborn as WLNH at 1310 kHz on the AM dial, moving to 1340 in 1941 and to the current 1350 frequency in 1954. The station has also featured the calls WKZU and WMRS (1986–1987) and returned to WLNH (1987–1994) before becoming WEZS in June 1994.^[1]

Programming

WEZS logo from 2008-2012

As WEZS, the station initially featured a beautiful music/easy listening format which was eventually modified to smooth jazz. WEZS was a rare AM station to play smooth jazz, along with WCIN in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The station's format changed in March 2008 to "Good Times and Great Oldies", then in December 2012 to full-time news and talk. The programming includes syndicated shows hosted by Michael Savage, Dennis Miller, Dave Ramsey, and Roger Hedgecock; hourly news by Fox News Radio; and programming produced locally: Newsday with Allan Harrison, Niel Young and The Advocates, The Tom Brown Show, and The Tavern, featuring former U.S. Senator Bob Smith.

References

↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Database.

External links

Radio stations in central New Hampshire, including Concord, Laconia, Plymouth and Conway

By AM frequency	1240 1250 1300 1340 1350 1420 1450 1490

By FM frequency	89.1 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.7 93.3 93.5 94.1 94.7 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.5 98.3 99.1 100.1 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.7 103.9 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.5 106.9 107.7

By callsign	W276BJ W280EC W282AF WASR WBNC WCNH WEMJ WEVO WEZS WFTN WFTN-FM WGAM WHOM WJYY WKXL WLKZ WLNH-FM WMLL WMWV WNEC-FM WNHN-LP WNHW WNNH WOKQ WPCR-FM WPKQ WPNH WPNH-FM WSCY WSPS WTPL WVMJ WVNH WXRG WZEI WZID

Defunct radio stations	WPQR/1050

See also Boston Northern New Hampshire Portsmouth Portland Manchester Lebanon Lewiston-Auburn

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