WWYZ

WWYZ
Waterbury, Connecticut;
Broadcast area	Waterbury/Hartford/New Haven/Bridgeport, Connecticut
Frequency	92.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Country 92-5
Programming
Format	Country
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	WHCN, WKSS, WPOP, WUCS
History
First air date	August 1, 1961; 62 years ago
Former call signs	WATR-FM (1961–1973); WENU-FM (1973);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74205
Class	B
ERP	17,000 watts
HAAT	268 meters (879 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	country925.iheart.com

WWYZ (92.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut, and serving the Waterbury, Hartford and New Haven areas. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and airs a country radio format.

The studios and offices are located on Columbus Boulevard in Hartford. The station's transmitter is in Meriden, on West Peak in the Hanging Hills.^[2]

History edit

WATR-FM edit

The station signed on the air on August 1, 1961, as WATR-FM.^[3] It was owned by the Gilmore family, which also owned WATR (1320 AM) and WATR-TV (channel 53; now WCCT-TV channel 20).

The call sign stood for the city of license, Waterbury. At first, WATR-FM simulcast the AM 1320 programming. In the early 1970s, it switched to an easy listening format. In 1973, it briefly changed to WENU-FM, before changing again to WWYZ.^[4]^[5] With the new call sign, the station referred to itself as "The Music Lover's WISE Choice".

Switch to country edit

In the 1980s, WWYZ broadcast a mix of formats from country to Top-40. In between late August and early September 1988, it became an all country formatted station.In July 1999, WWYZ was bought by AMFM, Inc.^[6] The following year, AMFM was acquired by Clear Channel Communications, which changed its name in 2014 to iHeartMedia.