WBZO

WBZO
City of license Bay Shore, New York
Broadcast area Long Island
Branding B-103
Slogan Classic Hits of the 70s, 80s, and More
Frequency 103.1 MHz
First air date February 1993 (as WBSI)
Format Classic Hits
Language(s) English
ERP 1,550 watts
HAAT 141 meters (463 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 60245
Transmitter coordinates 40°45′3.00″N 73°12′49.00″W / 40.7508333°N 73.2136111°W
Former callsigns WQIA (1/1992-2/1992)
WBSI (1992-1993)[1]
Owner Connoisseur Media
(Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations WHLI, WKJY, WWSK
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.b103.com

WBZO (103.1 FM, "B-103") is an American classic hits music formatted radio station licensed to Bay Shore, New York.

B-103 Plays Classic Hits- featuring music from the 70s, 80s, and More.

History

B-103 first signed on the air in February 1993 as WBSI, broadcasting from the Bay Shore location on Sunrise Highway and playing oldies from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.


Currently, the station's weekday on-air personalities include Jim O'Brien AKA "Big Voice Guy" on mornings and The Wiseman on Afternoons.

Weekend personalities include, Mike Ewald, Chris Simmons and Kelly Dyson.

Present Day, some of the artists that can be heard on B-103 are- Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Elton John, Journey, The Beatles, among others.

WBZO — along with WHLI, WWSK, and WKJY — was sold by Barnstable Broadcasting to Connoisseur Media effective July 3, 2012 for $23 million. Since then, Connoisseur has made extensive investments in research and marketing to better serve the local Long Island community and the loyal listeners of B103, including purchasing WALK-FM.

References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2013.

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