WMBZ (FM)

WMBZ

City	West Bend, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	West Bend/Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Branding	92.5 Buzz Country
Slogan	Wisconsin's Best Country
Frequency	92.5 MHz
First air date	September 1958 (as WBKV-FM)
Format	Country
ERP	17,500 watts
HAAT	164 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	71542
Callsign meaning	W M BuzZ
Former callsigns	WBKV-FM (1958-1988) WBWI-FM (1988-2015) WZRK (2/6/2015-2/9/2015) WBWI-FM (2/9/2015-2/18/2015)
Owner	David Magnum (Magnum Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WIBD, WRJN, WVTY
Website	buzzcountry.com

WMBZ (Buzz Country 92.5) is a country music-formatted radio station in West Bend, Wisconsin. They serve the greater Milwaukee area. WMBZ is owned by Wisconsin-based David Magnum, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., along with sister WIBD and Racine-based WRJN and WVTY. Its studios are in West Bend and the transmitter site is in Addison.

History

The station was originally WBKV-FM, an easy listening station. It was later known as "V92" and featured an automated adult contemporary and country format. On September 16, 1988, the station picked up the WBWI-FM call letters. WBWI-FM flipped to its current country format in late 1989/early 1990. For a few years it was known as "92 Country Rock" then "92 Country" before it was renamed to "Pure Country", a name they kept until 2004, when the station rebranded to simply "92.5 WBWI."

On June 25, 2014, Bliss Communications announced that it would sell WBWI-FM and WBKV, along with WRJN and WVTY (then WEZY) in Racine, to David Magnum's Magnum Communications, Inc. Bliss had owned WBWI and WBKV since 1970 (when WBWI was still WBKV-FM).^[1] The sale, at a price of $2.25 million, was consummated on October 31, 2014.

On February 9, 2015, WBWI-FM rebranded as "Buzz Country".^[2] On February 18, 2015, WBWI-FM changed their call letters to WMBZ.

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References

↑ "Bliss Communications to sell West Bend, Racine radio stations". The Janesville Gazette. June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
↑ WBWI Relaunches as Buzz Country

External links

WMBZ Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMBZ

Radio-Locator information on WMBZ

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Radio stations in the Milwaukee–Racine, Wisconsin market

by AM frequency	540 620 860 920 940 1050 1130 1250 1290 1340 1400 1460 1470 1500 1510 1540 1560 1610 1640

by FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.5 95.1 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.3 99.1 100.1 100.3 100.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.7 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.9 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.45 162.525

Digital radio	620 1130 1250 88.9-1 88.9-2 90.7-1 90.7-2 93.3-1 94.5-1 94.5-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 96.5-1 97.3-1 97.3-2 98.3-1 98.3-2 99.1-1 99.1-2 100.7-1 100.7-2 102.9-1 103.7-1 103.7-2 104.7-1 104.7-2 106.1-1 106.1-2 106.9-1

by callsign	KEC60 KZZ76 WWG91 WAUK WCCX WDDW & W230CI WFAW WGTD WGLB WHAD WHQG WIBD WIIL WISN WJMR-FM WJTI & W250BN WJYI WKKV-FM WKLH WKTI WLDB WLIP WLKG WLUM-FM WLVE WMBZ WMIL-FM WMSE WMWK WMYX-FM WNOV WNRG-FM WOKY WSJP WSJP-FM WPJX WPTJ444 & WPZK577 (WISDOT Traffic) WRIT-FM WRJN WRNW WRRD WSJP-FM/W273AT WSSP WTKM WTKM-FM WTMJ WUWM WVCY-FM WVTY WWDV WXRW-LP WXSS WYMS WZTI

Defunct	WAWA WFMR

Nearby radio markets Fox Cities Madison Sheboygan–Manitowoc Janesville–Beloit–Jefferson County Chicago See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Country radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

By call letters	KDKE - Superior/Duluth MN WACD – Antigo WAQE – Rice Lake WATQ – Chetek WAXX – Eau Claire WBFM – Sheboygan WBKY – Portage WBSZ – Ashland WCOW-FM – Sparta WCQM – Park Falls WCUB – Two Rivers WCYE – Three Lakes WDDC – Portage WDEZ – Wausau WDKF – Sturgeon Bay WDLS – Wisconsin Dells WDMP – Dodgeville WDMO – Baldwin WDMP-FM – Dodgeville WDUX – Waupaca WEKZ – Monroe WFON - Fond du Lac WGEE – New London WGLR-FM – Lancaster WHDG – Rhinelander WHIT – Madison WHSM-FM - Hayward WHTL-FM – Whitehall WISS – Berlin WIXK – New Richmond WJMC-FM – Rice Lake WJMQ – Clintonville WJMT – Merrill WJVL – Janesville WKQH – Marathon WKTI – Milwaukee WLTU - Manitowoc WMAD – Sauk City WMBZ – West Bend WMIL-FM – Waukesha WNCY-FM – Neenah-Menasha WNFM – Reedsburg WNRG-FM – Brookfield WOBT – Rhinelander WOCO – Oconto WOKY – Milwaukee WPCK – Denmark WPKR – Omro WPLT – Spooner WQCC – La Crosse WQPC – Prairie du Chien WQRB – Bloomer WRCO-FM - Richland Center WRDN – Durand WRJC – Mauston WRLU – Algoma WSLD – Whitewater WTCH – Shawano WTMB – Tomah WVRE – Dickeyville WVRQ-FM – Viroqua WWQM-FM – Middleton WXCX - Siren WXRO – Beaver Dam WYTE – Marshfield

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin

Coordinates: 43°25′44″N 88°18′04″W / 43.429°N 88.301°W / 43.429; -88.301

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