WCPZ

Infobox_Radio_station
name = WCPZ


city =
area = Sandusky, Ohio
branding = Mix 102-7
slogan =
airdate = May 19, 1980
frequency = 102.7 (MHz)
format = Hot AC
erp = 50,000 watts
class = B
callsign_meaning = W Cedar Point HitZ
owner = BAS Broadcasting
website = [http://www.mix1027.com/ www.mix1027.com]

WCPZ (also known as Mix 102.7 FM) is a radio station in Sandusky, Ohio.

The station began as WLEC-FM in 1968 and was the FM sister to AM station WLEC. It became WCPZ on May 19, 1980, dubbed "Leisure 103" with a soft adult contemporary format. WCPZ eventually migrated to a hot adult contemporary format during the 1980s, and had kept the format ever since.

Following the sale of the station to Jacor Communications in September 1996, WCPZ eventually took the "Mix" banner used by Jacor's other Hot AC stations in the region, notably the now-defunct WVMX in Cincinnati and WMVX in Cleveland. As a result, the call letters changed to WMTX on April 24, 1998, with the WCPZ calls moving to the 100.9 facility in Clyde (today WMJK). The station regained the WCPZ calls on September 9, 1999, but kept use of the "Mix" banner on all other times. WMJK-FM, licensed to Clyde, Ohio as classic rocker "100.9 The Coast" along with WLEC-AM and WCPZ-FM, made up Clear Channel's Sandusky operations, it having succeeded Jacor in 1999.

On November 16, 2006, WCPZ, WLEC and WMJK were announced for sale as part of Clear Channel's divestiture of almost 450 small and middle-market radio properties in the U.S. The cluster was sold on January 15, 2008 to Fremont-based BAS Broadcasting, and BAS took over all three stations on February 1.

WCPZ was expected to drop the "Mix" name following the sale, as the "Mix" moniker is used on many Clear Channel stations; however, as of this writing (June 2008), it remains known as "Mix 102-7". BAS Broadcasting did, however, replace most programming with the "AC Active" format from Waitt Radio Networks (rather than ABC Radio's Today's Best Hits format, which WCPZ had been expected to take since many of BAS' other stations use satellite formats from ABC). The morning show, hosted by Sandusky radio institutions Randy Hugg and Nancy Krause, remains live and local.

External links

* [http://www.mix1027.com/ WCPZ website]
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