WBUZ (FM)

WBUZ
City of license La Vergne, Tennessee
Broadcast area Nashville, Tennessee
Branding 102-9 The Buzz
Slogan Everything That Rocks!
Frequency 102.9 MHz
Format Active Rock
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 291 meters
Class C1
Facility ID 74243
Callsign meaning W-BUZZ
Former callsigns WTCV (?-1980)
WYCQ (1980-1995)
WWKO (1995-1996)
WMMU (2-10/1996)
WZPC (1996-2001)[1]
Owner The Cromwell Group, Inc.
Website 1029thebuzz.com

WBUZ (102.9 FM, "The Buzz") is a commercial radio station located in La Vergne, Tennessee, broadcasting to the Nashville, Tennessee, area . WBUZ airs an active rock music format. The station was assigned the WBUZ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on October 16, 2001.[1]

Originally licensed to (and based in) Shelbyville, Tennessee, the station signed on as WYCQ and operated for several years under the Q102 banner. After a power increase and move into the Nashville market, the station flipped to a hybrid country/Southern Rock format known as "Rockin' Country 102.9". The station's mascot was an anthropomorphic cow playing an electric guitar, and the station eventually changed its name to "Moo 102" (WMMU) to match its mascot. 102.9 then shifted toward a mainstream country format and became known as "PC103" and "Power Country 103", before settling on "Power Country 102.9" (WZPC) until April 2, 1999. On that date, WZPC flipped to a Rock format, essentially "trading" formats with 103.3 WKDF, which had changed formats from new rock to country on April 1, 1999. The call letters were changed to WBUZ in 2001.

In September 2010, WBUZ was named the new flagship station for the NHL's Nashville Predators.

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Programming

Current on-air staff at The Buzz include Dagwood, Troy Hanson, Zigz, Chris Atticus,the Incredible Hull, Tony Stone, Laken Mangrum, Toby Toll, and Eric Black. WBUZ is also an affiliate of The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show which replaced The Bob and Tom Show on November 22, 2006.

WBUZ were the call letters to a former Rock Station in Toledo Ohio from 1994-2000 (see WRWK and WLQR)

Coverage Area

WBUZ covers most of the Nashville metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located south of the 840 Expressway in College Grove, about 30 Miles south of Nashville.

Translators

Call sign MHz City of license Class
Additional Information
W251AC 98.1 FM Capshaw, Alabama D FCC
W225AB 92.9 FM Florence, Alabama D FCC
W264AI 100.7 FM Maysville, Alabama D FCC
W234AD 94.7 FM Trinity, Alabama D FCC

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