WRZA

Infobox Radio Station
name = WRZA 99.9


area = Park Forest, Illinois
branding = "9 FM"
slogan = "We Play Anything"
airdate =
frequency = 99.9 WRZA FM (MHz)
format = Daytime: Variety hits
Nighttime: Dance hits
erp = 50,000 watts
class = B
owner = Newsweb Corporation
website = [http://www.weplayanything.com/ NINE FM website]

WRZA 99.9 FM is a radio station located in Park Forest, Illinois, south of Chicago. They program a variety hits format during the day and dance hits at night. WRZA is apart of a trimulcast with WKIE and WDEK as "Nine FM". WRZA is owned by Newsweb Corporation.

Nine FM

The current Nine FM format originally started out on 99.9 FM, and had rimshot coverage into Chicago. With owner Newsweb's purchase of three other rimshot stations, Nine FM's programming expanded to WKIE (92.7 FM) in the north suburbs and WDEK (92.5 FM) west of the Chicago area. The third station, WKIF was broken off from the trimulcast due to overlapping with the stronger WRZA signal and began airing the audio feed from CNN Headline News.

Sky Daniels was the original program director for Nine FM. When he left in 2005, he was replaced by Matt DuBiel. Nine FM's format tightened a bit over time, to attract more casual listeners, eliminating many of the more obscure songs on the station's playlist.

Dance Factory

On May 19, 2006 Chris Chudzik began leasing air time on Saturday nights for a dance music show called Dance Factory FM, hosted by Kyle Kelly. The weekend shows carry a DJ mix style format, the weekday shows carry a dance hits format.

Call Sign History

*WRZA from 09/23/1996
*WBUS 04/01/1987-09/23/1996
*WBSW 02/15/1985-04/01/1987
*WBYG 1977-1985
*WKAK 1960s-1977

ee also

*WDEK
*WKIE
*Dance Factory FM

External links

* [http://www.weplayanything.com Nine FM]
* [http://www.dancefactoryfm.com Dance Factory]
*fmq|WRZA
*fml|WRZA