WEEL
WEEL was an AM radio station licensed to Fairfax, Virginia. It broadcast on 1310 kHz the AM Radio band beginning in 1962, and was one of the Washington, DC area's major top 40 stations in the late 60s and early 70s. The frequency is now WDCT (DC "Talk Radio"). WEEL was owned by the same company that pioneered "easy-listening" radio with WEZR, an FM radio station at 106.7 MHz licensed to Manassas, Virginia. In 1970, the company took the successful easy listening format to the Richmond market when it acquired classical music station WFMV (FM) and changed the call sign to WEZS. After a brief skirmish and with loyal WFMV listeners and assistance from the new owners in moving the classical format to WRFK, a non-profit station, the easy listening format was very successful in Richmond has it had been in the Washington DC metro market.
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