- WHBZ
Infobox Radio station
name = WHBZ
city = Sheboygan Falls,Wisconsin
area =Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
slogan = "How Sheboygan Rocks"
branding = "106-5, The Buzz"
frequency = 106.5MHz
repeater =
airdate = c. 1970's
share = 6.5
share as of = Fa'07
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Sheboygan Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Sheboygan&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format =Album Oriented Rock
power =
erp = 6,000watt s
haat = 73.0meter s
class = A
facility_id = 41614
coordinates = coord|43|43|16.00|N| 87|44|3.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = WHBL, The BuzZ
former_callsigns = WWJR (1970's-2001)
owner =Midwest Communications , Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations = WHBL,WBFM ,WXER
webcast =
website = [http://www.whbz.fm WHBZ.fm]
affiliations =ABC Radio WHBZ (106.5 FM) is a
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin --licensedradio station based in Sheboygan that plays anAlbum Oriented Rock format. The station is currently owned byMidwest Communications and features the syndicated "The Bob and Tom Show " in the mornings, with someABC Radio News updates and forecasts provided byWLUK-TV in Green Bay. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WHBZ |title=WHBZ Facility Record |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]History
The station originally went on the air as WWJR in the 1970's on 97.9 as Sheboygan-licensed "98 FM, WWJR", and then moved to 93.7 in March 1993 (with updated "JR 93.7" branding), playing a basic
adult contemporary format which was mostly automated through most of those two decades, with occasionalsimulcast ing with sister AM station WHBL under the local ownership of the Walton family. The station moved to a new frequency licensed to Sheboygan Falls at 106.5 onApril 4 ,1997 to make room for country stationWBFM on 93.7, and had the year before took on an automatedsoft rock format, and was also the pre-WLKN home of "Delilah". After Midwest's purchase of the three Walton stations in mid-2001 and a transitionalHot AC format from July 2001, the station changed their calls to WHBZ onDecember 29 ,2001 , and on the same day changed over to AOR as "The Buzz". [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=41614&Callsign=WHBZ |title=WHBZ Call Sign History |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]References
External links
*FM station data|WHBZ
Sheboygan Radio
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