WWYZ

WWYZ (92.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut, and serving the Central Connecticut, Greater Hartford and Southern Connecticut areas. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and airs a country radio format.

WWYZ
Broadcast areaWaterbury/Hartford/New Haven/Bridgeport, Connecticut
Frequency92.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingCountry 92-5
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WHCN, WKSS, WPOP, WUCS
History
First air date
August 1, 1961 (1961-08-01)
Former call signs
WATR-FM (1961–1973)
WENU-FM (1973)
Technical information
Facility ID74205
ClassB
ERP17,000 watts
HAAT268 meters (879 ft)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitecountry925.iheart.com

The studios and offices are located on Columbus Boulevard in Hartford. The station's transmitter is in Meriden, on West Peak in the Hanging Hills.[1]

History

WATR-FM

The station signed on the air on August 1, 1961, as WATR-FM.[2] It was owned by the Gilmore family, which also owned AM 1320 WATR and Channel 53 WATR-TV (now Channel 20 WCCT-TV).

The call sign stood for the city of license, Waterbury. At first, WATR-FM simulcast the AM 1320 programming. In the early 1970s, it switched to an easy listening format. In 1973, it briefly changed to WENU-FM, before changing again to WWYZ.[3][4] With the new call sign, the station referred to itself as "The Music Lover's WISE Choice". In the 1980s, WWYZ broadcast a mix of formats from country to Top-40. In between late August and early September 1988, it became an all country formatted station.

Switch to country

In July 1999, WWYZ was bought by AMFM, Inc.[5] The following year, AMFM was acquired by Clear Channel Communications, which changed its name in 2014 to iHeartMedia.

References
  1. Radio-Locator.com/WWYZ
  2. Broadcasting Yearbook 1963 page B-33
  3. "WWYZ history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  4. Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 page C-33
  5. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2001 page D-81

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