WYZI

WYZI (810 AM, "100.3 WLOV") is a radio station broadcasting a Classic hits format. Licensed to Royston, Georgia, United States. It first began broadcasting under the call letters WBLW in 1972. The station is currently owned by Oconee River Broadcasting, LLC.[1]

WYZI
CityRoyston, Georgia
Broadcast areaFranklin, Madison, Hart Counties (GA)
Frequency810 kHz
BrandingSports Radio 810
Programming
FormatClassic Hits
AffiliationsFox New Radio
Ownership
OwnerOconee River Broadcasting, LLC
History
First air date
1972 (as WBLW)
Former call signs
WBLW (1972-1990)
WBIC (1990-2009)
WXFO (2009-2014)
Technical information
Facility ID3079
ClassD
Power230 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
34°16′50.00″N 83°7′9.00″W
Translator(s)W262DB (100.3 MHz, Royston)
Links
Websitehttp://wlovradio.com/

History
WXFO logo during its "Family Country" era

The radio station currently assigned call letters WYZI signed on the air in Royston, GA in 1972 as WBLW (chosen for original owner B.L. "Slim" Williamson). Williamson founded and owned Chart Records in Nashville. The format was Country.

The station changed call letters to WBIC in 1990 when the station was purchased by Athena Broadcasting, who subsequently took sister station WPUP-FM (103.7) and moved it to Athens, a larger town nearby. Subsequent owners included Southern Broadcasting, A.C. Broadcasting, Lighthouse Broadcasting, Paul Hood and Diane Hawkins.[2] The format remained either Country or Gospel through the entirety of the ownership transfers.

In late 2007, Oconee River Broadcasting, LLC, filed to purchase the station from Diane Hawkins. The transfer was approved on March 14, 2008. By this time, Oconee River had been operating the station under an LMA, and on January 1, 2008, had created a family-friendly Country format known as "Family Country".

On March 2, 2009, the call letters were changed to WXFO to coincide with the station's new news/talk format as "Fox News Radio 810". The station features conservative-leaning talk shows from Bill Bennett, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and Dave Ramsey, among others.

On January 1, 2014 WXFO changed their format to sports, branded as "Sports Radio 810".

On May 15, 2014 WXFO changed their call letters to WYZI.

On April 15, 2018, WYZI began broadcasting on FM translator station W262DB (100.3 MHz) and flipped its format to Classic hits as a partial simulcast of WLOV(AM) in Washington, GA.

(WXFO's logo under previous news/talk format)

References
  1. "WXFO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=3079


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.