WHBZ

Infobox Radio station
name = WHBZ


city = Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
area = Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
slogan = "How Sheboygan Rocks"
branding = "106-5, The Buzz"
frequency = 106.5 MHz
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 = 6,000 watts
haat = 73.0 meters
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--licensed radio station based in Sheboygan that plays an Album Oriented Rock format. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications and features the syndicated "The Bob and Tom Show" in the mornings, with some ABC Radio News updates and forecasts provided by WLUK-TV in Green Bay. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WHBZ |title=WHBZ Facility Record |work=United States Federal 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 occasional simulcasting 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 on April 4, 1997 to make room for country station WBFM on 93.7, and had the year before took on an automated soft 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 transitional Hot AC format from July 2001, the station changed their calls to WHBZ on December 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 States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

References

External links

*FM station data|WHBZ
Sheboygan Radio