Radio WAVF-FM (Chuck FM)

WAVF is a commercial radio station located in Hanahan, South Carolina, broadcasting to the Charleston area on 101.7 FM. WAVF airs an adult hits music format branded as "Chuck FM." The WAVF call sign had been on the 96.1 FM frequency in Charleston since 1985.



101.7 historyWKZQ logo used on 101.7 until 2008101.7 was originally established as a "beautiful music" automated station, operating out of the back room of its big sister AM rocker, WTGR, in Myrtle Beach. By the late 1970s the station had switched to a rock format slowly shifting to newer alternative rock in the 1990s. With this Alternative format, WKZQ-FM was an immensely popular radio station, finding fans across the nation; Rolling Stone even named it one of the "Top 5 Radio Stations" in America.

In September 2008 WKZQ-FM abandoned its historic frequency of 101.7 MHz and migrated to 96.1 MHz in a frequency swap with WAVF.