WKZY
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| City of license | Chilton, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Appleton-Oshkosh and the Southern Fox River Valley of Wisconsin |
| Branding | KZ104.3 |
| Frequency | 92.9 MHz |
| First air date | September 3, 2011 |
| Format |
80s/90s-based Adult Hits (simulcast of WKZG) |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 94.5 meters (310 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 81813 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 44°04′20″N 88°15′27″W / 44.07222°N 88.25750°W |
| Callsign meaning | The KZ branding + Fox ValleY |
| Former callsigns |
WLWB (2010-2011, prior to launch) WXMM (2011-2013) |
| Owner | Woodward Communications, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WAPL, WKZG, WHBY, WKSZ, WSCO, WZOR |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | KZ1043.com |
WKZY (92.9 FM) is an American radio station, licensed to Chilton, Wisconsin, and transmitting from the Lake Winnebago community of Stockbridge to provide a city-grade signal to both Oshkosh and the Fox Cities. The station is owned and operated by Woodward Communications, and has simulcast the 1980s/90s adult hits format of sister station WKZG ("KZ104.3") since September 16, 2013.
Station history
In 1996, Metro North Communications, Inc., applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station to serve New Holstein, Wisconsin. This application was renewed in 2010 and the FCC granted the requested permit on July 6, 2010, with a scheduled expiration date of July 6, 2013.[1] The new station was assigned call sign "WLWB" on July 14, 2010.[2]
In November 2010, the Metro North applied to change the station's community of license to Chilton, Wisconsin, in preparation for a planned sale.[3][4] In December 2010, Metro North Communications applied to transfer the station's construction permit to Woodward Communications, Inc., for reported sale price of $1.2 million.[4][5] The FCC approved the transfer on February 9, 2011, and the transaction was formally consummated on April 4, 2011.[6] The Commission granted the requested change in community of license on July 22, 2011.[3] This followed a requested change to the under-construction station's call sign to "WXMM" on July 19, 2011.[2] (The calls have since been re-used by Metro North's new acquisition, a station on 1530 from New Holstein.)
Woodward Communications had originally anticipated for WXMM to begin broadcasting in "mid-to-late August 2011."[7] However, technical difficulties delayed the launch, and the station began airing on September 3, 2011, when the station debuted as "92.9 Country." As a country station, WXMM featured a contemporary presentation to the format, emphasizing on younger country acts and with an on-air style similar to Top 40-formatted stations. "92.9 Country" was home to the syndicated Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time.[8]
On September 16, 2013, WXMM dropped country and, under the new call sign of WKZY, began a simulcast of its Seymour-licensed sister station WKZG, which as "KZ104.3" airs an adult hits format emphasizing songs and artists from the 1980s and 1990s.[8] The move gave "KZ104.3" coverage of the Southern Fox Valley, an area where WKZG's 104.3 FM signal may be hard to reach. "KZ104.3's" schedule includes the husband-and-wife local team of Doug Erickson and Mary Love in morning drive and the nationally-syndicated Mario Lopez in evenings.[9]
References
- ↑ "Application Search Details (BPH-19960507MW)". FCC Media Bureau. July 6, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Application Search Details (BMPH-20101122ACG)". FCC Media Bureau. July 22, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "News Archive: January 2011". Upper Midwest Broadcasting (NorthPine.com). January 9, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ↑ "Acquisition of Wisconsin FM could be a taxing proposition for buyer". Radio Business Report. December 28, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (BAPH-20101223AAE)". FCC Media Bureau. April 4, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ↑ "Woodward Radio Group Adds Seventh Station to Appleton-Green Bay Cluster" (Press release). Woodward Communications, Inc. April 7, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "KZ 104.3 Expands to Appleton," from RadioInsight, 9/16/2013
- ↑ "KZ104.3 Debuts In Green Bay," from Radio Insight (original report 11/1/2012, updated 12/26/2012
External links
- Official Website for "KZ104.3"
- "KZ104.3" on Facebook
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKZY
- Radio-Locator information on WKZY
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKZY
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