- WRBZ
Infobox Radio station
name = WRBZ
city = Raleigh,North Carolina
area =The Triangle (North Carolina)
slogan =
branding = "Sports Radio, 850 the Buzz"
frequency = 850kHz
repeater =
airdate =
share = 1.2
share as of = Fa'07
share source = R&R [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Raleigh Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Rocky%20Mount&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format =Sports radio
power = 10,000watt s day
5,000watt s night
erp =
haat =
class = B
facility_id = 888
coordinates = coord|35|48|4.00|N|78|48|51.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WNAO (1947-1959), WKIX (1959-1994), WYLT (1994-1995)
owner = WRBZ, Ll
licensee =
sister_stations =WDNC
webcast = [http://www.850thebuzz.com/blog/?page_id=3370 listen live]
website = [http://www.850thebuzz.com 850thebuzz.com]
affiliations =Fox Sports Radio ,Westwood One WRBZ (850 AM) is a
radio station broadcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed toRaleigh, North Carolina , USA, the station serves the Research Triangle, North Carolinaarea. The station is currently owned by Wrbz, Ll and features programing fromFox Sports Radio andWestwood One . [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WRBZ |title=WRBZ Facility Record |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]WRBZ was the second flagship station of the
Carolina Hurricanes when the team moved there fromHartford, Connecticut , in1997 , WPTF was the first Flagship station. It now carriesDuke University Football and Basketball games,Carolina Panthers Football games, selectEast Carolina University Football games, theRoy Williams andButch Davis shows, and several other seasonal play by play games.Unlike sister station
WDNC which relies more on network programming fromESPN Radio , WRBZ's lineup consists almost entirely of locally produced sports talk local programming from Adam Gold, Joe Ovies, David Glenn, and Morgan Patrick (the Sports Pig).Jim Rome 's weekday afternoon show and network programming fromFox Sports Radio on weekend afternoons and daily overnights rounds out the lineup.Notable personalities include the morning show cast,
Adam Gold ,Joe Ovies , andTony Rigsbee History
WNAO radio, which signed on in 1947, was owned by the
News and Observer newspaper. As of 1948, WNAO was anABC radio affiliate. WNAO-FM was added in 1949. The Raleigh-Durham market's first TV station, WNAO-TV, signed on at Channel 28 in 1953 but went off the air in 1959. In 1958, Hugh Holder bought the radio stations and renamed them WKIX and WKIX-FM.cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/rduhistory/_.html|title=Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill Radio History|accessdate=2008-05-07] The FM continued to air the AM station's programming (due to a limited nighttime signal on the AM) until it becameeasy listening WYYD in the 1970s.WKIX was originally a
top 40 radio station owned by Southern Broadcasting and serving the Raleigh market. Called 85-WKIX, the station was one of the most successful top-40 outlets in the country from the 1950s through the late 1970s when FM began to dominate the music formats.WKIX was home to some legendary names in North Carolina radio including Charlie Brown, Dale Van Horn, Pat Patterson, Russ Spooner, Gary Edens, Tommy Walker,
Rick Dees , and others.WKIX changed format to Country in the summer of 1981 and became the first significant country station in the Raleigh market. After several years of ratings success,
WQDR (94.7 FM) changed to country and shortly after, WKIX wentoldies .From 1990 to 1995 the format was satellite
adult standards with some talk shows and sports programming. The letters changed to WYLT in 1994 when the co-owned FM station traded letters with the AM. [David Menconi, "WYLT Changes Format, Call Letters - Station Chucks Alternative Rock for Country Digs", "The News & Observer", January 5, 1994.] The station went all-talk in 1995 but gradually added more sports programming [David Menconi, "Local Station to Change to Sports/Talk Format", "The News & Observer", June 29, 1995.] before becoming an all-sports radio station in April 1998.WRBZ celebrated 10 years in the sports radio format on April 10, 2008, with a special guest hosting appearance by
The Fabulous Sports Babe , who has largely been in retirement since 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1028878.html|title=Babe is back on Buzz's birthday|last=Hooley|first=Danny |date=Apr 08, 2008|work=News and Observer|accessdate=2008-05-07]References
External links
* [http://www.850thebuzz.com/ WRBZ official website]
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