WVES (FM)
WVES is a broadcast radio station licensed to Chincoteague, Virginia, serving Chincoteague and Accomac in Virginia and Pocomoke City in Maryland. WVES is owned and operated by GSB Broadcasting.
WVES' programming is also heard on the audio feed of WOWZ-LP, a low-power television station in the market. The two stations run an adult hits format branded as "96.5 & 101.5 CTG".History
WVES signed on for the first time on August 29, 2016 as WOWZ and began stunting with a "wheel of formats". At 10 AM the next day, the station officially launched with a country music format, branded as "Wow 101-5". The first song on "Wow" was "Gone Country" by Alan Jackson. The station changed its call sign to WIEZ on April 3, 2017, and to WOWZ-FM on May 5, 2017.
On November 28, 2017, WOWZ-FM and WOWZ-LP dropped the "Wow" country format and began stunting with Christmas music as "Christmas 101.5". On December 12, 2017, the station assumed the WVES call sign as part of a call sign swap. On December 26, 2017, WVES flipped to Rhythmic Adult Top 40 as "101.5 The Mix," with an emphasis on current Rhythmic contemporary hits and upbeat recurrents from the 1990s and 2000s.
On October 26, 2018, WVES changed their format from rhythmic adult top 40 to a simulcast of adult hits-formatted WCTG 96.5 FM West Pocomoke, Maryland.
