WIZK
WIZK (1570 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Bay Springs, Mississippi. The station is owned by Steve Stringer, through licensee Sage Communications, LLC. It airs a country music format.[2] The station was assigned the WIZK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission in 1987.[1]
| City | Bay Springs, Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Jasper County, Mississippi |
| Frequency | 1570 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Steve Stringer (Sage Communications, LLC) |
| History | |
| Former call signs | WHII (?-1987)[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 14022 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 3,200 watts (day only) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 31°57′56″N 89°18′03″W |
| Translator(s) | W270CZ (101.9 MHz, Bay Springs) |
It is one of the few stations left in the United States that are owned by an individual rather than a corporation. WHII had a sister station, WXIY at 94.3 FM on which was a simulcast of the AM programming. In the 1970s, WHII was a daytime only station, and when WHII (AM) signed off, the sister station WXIY (FM) changed to R&B format until its signoff at midnight. In the 1980s, the WXIY dropped its callsign in favor of WHII, still a country music station, simulcasting. In the late 1980s or early 1990s, the FM station was sold to Blakeney Communications, Inc. and became WKZW "KZ-94".
References
- "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
External links
- WIZK in the FCC's AM station database
- WIZK on Radio-Locator
- WIZK in Nielsen Audio's AM station database