WIZZ

WIZZ (1520 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by Saga Communications, and operates as part of its Western Mass Radio Group. WIZZ broadcasts an oldies format.

WIZZ
Frequency1520 kHz
BrandingPure Oldies 1520 AM & 100.5 FM
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WAQY, WHAI, WHMP, WLZX, WLZX-FM, WPVQ-FM, WRSI
History
First air date
August 26, 1980[1]
Former call signs
  • WPOE (1980–1987)
  • WGAM (1987–2003)[2]
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID54779
ClassD
Power
  • 1,000 watts day
  • 160 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
42°35′20.31″N 72°37′3.33″W
Translator(s)100.5 W263DE (Greenfield)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitepureoldiesgreenfield.com

History

The frequency was originally home to WPOE (Poet's Seat Broadcasting) in Greenfield, which first went on the air in 1980 with an adult contemporary format. By 1985, the call had changed to WGAM, with a format of big band/adult standards. The station was assigned the WIZZ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 1, 2003.[2]

WIZZ previously aired a locally programmed adult standards format,[4] and played the national AP news feed on the hour and half-hour. The station verified signal reports by QSL card. At the top of the hour, WIZZ used the same "V for Victory" time tone as WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut.

Its former owner and DJ, Phil D (Phillip Drumheller), was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2010, and was active in broadcasting for 60 years; he is the first inductee into the MBHOF to have had his career outside the Boston market.[5]

On April 6, 2022, Saga Communications acquired WIZZ and flipped it from adult standards to oldies as a simulcast of the HD3 subchannel of WLZX-FM.[6]

Translator
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)ClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W263DE 100.5 FMGreenfield, Massachusetts201279250D42°35′20″N 72°37′3.7″WLMS

References
  1. Youtube silent film of WPOE signing on the air on August 26, 1980. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. "Facility Technical Data for WIZZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. "About WIZZ".
  5. "Phillip G. Drumheller". Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
  6. "WIZZ Joins Pure Oldies Simulcast". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 7, 2022.


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