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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 92.5MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Country 92-5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| WHCN,WKSS,WPOP,WUCS | |
| History | |
First air date | August 1, 1961; 64 years ago (1961-08-01) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74205 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 17,000 watts |
| HAAT | 268 meters (879 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | country925 |
WWYZ (92.5FM) is acommercial radio stationlicensed toWaterbury, Connecticut, and serving the Waterbury,Hartford andNew Haven areas. It is owned byiHeartMedia, and airs acountry musicradio format.
WWYZ's studios and offices are located on Columbus Boulevard in Hartford, and itstransmitter is inMeriden, onWest Peak in theHanging Hills.[2]
The stationsigned on the air on August 1, 1961, as WATR-FM.[3] It was owned by the Gilmore family, which also ownedWATR (1320 AM) and WATR-TV (channel 53; nowWCCT-TV channel 20).
Thecall sign stood for thecity of license, Waterbury. At first, WATR-FMsimulcast the AM 1320 programming. In the early 1970s, it switched to aneasy 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".
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. The station reputedly adopted an all-Christmas music format during the 1998 holiday season, three years before the format was introduced nationwide.[6] In July 1999, WWYZ was bought by AMFM, Inc.[7] The following year, AMFM was acquired byClear Channel Communications, which changed its name in 2014 toiHeartMedia.
Other records indicate that the first FM radio station to go All-Christmas is credited to WWYZ/Hartford in 1998.
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