WVBZ
| City of license | High Point, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Branding | 100.3 The Buzz |
| Slogan | The Triad's Rock Station |
| Frequency | 100.3 MHz |
| First air date | 1940s (as WGBG-FM) 2001 (as WVBZ) |
| Format | Mainstream Rock |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 316 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 74204 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°58′9″N 79°49′29″W / 35.96917°N 79.82472°W |
| Callsign meaning | W V BuZz |
| Former callsigns | WGBG-FM (1940s-1950s) WNOS-FM (1950s-1975) WGLD (1975-1985) WOJY (1985-1989) WWWB (1989-1994) WFXF (1994-1995) WHSL-FM (1995-2001) WUBZ (1/31/2001-2/228/2001) |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Sister stations | WPTI, WMAG, WMKS, WTQR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | ihaveabuzz.com |
WVBZ (100.3 FM), known as "The Buzz", is an active rock radio station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, that serves the Piedmont Triad region, including Greensboro and Winston Salem. The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 100.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.
[edit] History
This station was first WGBG-FM in the late 1940s. In the late 1950s, it was WNOS-FM.[1] In October 1975, Bernie Mann bought WNOS-AM and WNOS-FM. He changed the FM station's letters to WGLD and the format to beautiful music, also increasing the power to 100,000 watts and building a new 400-foot tower.[2]
In 1985, the WGLD letters and format moved to 1320 AM and the station became WOJY "Joy 100", a satellite MOR station.[citation needed] In 1989, WOJY changed to soft adult contemporary with the new name WWWB "B-100".[1] For a year starting in 1994, the station was WFXF "100.3 the Fox", a hit-oriented classic rock station.[3] Then the station became WHSL "Whistle 100", playing country music.[4] In 1999, WHSL became one of the first country music stations to air John Boy and Billy, which had previously been designed for classic rock stations.[5] Around New Year's Day 2001, the station took over the rock format previously heard on WXRA, calling itself WVBZ "100.3 the Buzzard", keeping John Boy and Billy until early 2009 when it adopted its current name and shifted its music.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on 2003-02-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20030201081556/http://www.geocities.com/rdurw/fm.html. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- ^ Sid Bost, "New Radio Voice Coming Into Triad," Twin City Sentinel, Feb. 14, 1976.
- ^ Mark Folk, "WWWB Enters Classic-Rock Market", Greensboro News & Record, September 20, 1994.
- ^ Leigh Pressley, "Four's a Crowd? Station Goes Country", Greensboro News & Record, September 26, 1995.
- ^ Bill Keveney, "'Big Show': Today Country Stations, Tomorrow the Whole Country?", The Charlotte Observer, April 7, 1999.
[edit] External links
- WVBZ official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WVBZ
- Radio-Locator information on WVBZ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WVBZ
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