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| Frequency | 1520kHz |
| Branding | Pure Oldies 1520 AM & 100.5 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Oldies |
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| History | |
First air date | August 26, 1980; 45 years ago (1980-08-26) |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54779 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°35′20.31″N72°37′3.33″W / 42.5889750°N 72.6175917°W /42.5889750; -72.6175917 |
| Translator | 100.5 W263DE (Greenfield) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | pureoldiesgreenfield |
WIZZ (1520AM) is a radio stationlicensed toGreenfield, Massachusetts. It is owned by Saga Communications and operates as part of its Western Mass Radio Group. It broadcasts anoldiesradio format, switching toChristmas music in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
By day, WIZZ transmits with 1,000 watts. As1520 AM is aclear channel frequency, WIZZ reduces power at night to 160 watts to protect other stations from interference. Programming is also heard onFM translatorW263DE at 100.5MHz in Greenfield.
The stationsigned on the air on August 26, 1980.[3] The originalcall sign was WPOE, standing for Poet's Seat Broadcasting. It had amiddle of the road (MOR) format. In its early years, the station was adaytimer, required to go off the air at night.[4] In 1987, the call letters changed to WGAM, with a format ofbig band music andadult standards.
The station was assigned the WIZZ call letters by theFederal Communications Commission on February 1,2003.[1] WIZZ previously aired a locally programmed adult standards format.[5] It carried the nationalAP Radio newscast on the hour and half-hour. The station verified signal reports byQSL card. At the top of the hour, WIZZ used the same "V for Victory" time tone asWTIC inHartford.
WIZZ's former owner and disc jockey, Phil D (Phillip Drumheller), was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2010, and was active in broadcasting for 60 years. He was the first inductee into the MBHOF to have had his career outside theBostonradio market.[6]
On April 6, 2022, Saga Communications acquired WIZZ and flipped it from adult standards tooldies. Programming issimulcast on theHD3digital subchannel of 99.3WLZX-FM inNorthampton.[7] It is also heard on anFM translator at 100.5 MHz.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W263DE | 100.5 FM | Greenfield, Massachusetts | 201279 | 250 | D | 42°35′20″N72°37′3.7″W / 42.58889°N 72.617694°W /42.58889; -72.617694 (W263DE) | LMS |