WBUZ (102.9MHz, "102.9 The Buzz") is acommercialFMradio stationlicensed toLa Vergne, Tennessee, and serving theNashville, Tennessee metropolitan area. WBUZ airs anactive rockmusic format, with elements ofalternative rock, calling itself "Nashville's Rock Station." Weekday mornings, it carries thesyndicated comedy andhot talk program "The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show." WBUZ is owned byCromwell Radio Group, along withsports radio-formattedWPRT-FM and sports radio-formattedWQZQ. Theradio studios and offices are on Murfreesboro Pike inNashville, Tennessee.

WBUZ has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts. Thetransmitter is on Gene Underwood Road inEagleville, Tennessee, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Nashville.^[3] WBUZ broadcasts usingHD technology.^[4] It carries the sports programming of co-ownedWPRT-FM "102.5 The Game" on its HD2digital subchannel; and carries the sports programming of co-ownedWQZQ "94.9 The Fan", on its HD3 subchannel. WBUZ-HD3 "94.9 The Fan" is also broadcast viaFM translatorW235BW 94.9 MHz in Nashville; it carries a classic hits format branded as "Totally Hits Nashville" on its HD4 subchannel. WBUZ-HD4 "Totally Hits Nashville" is also broadcast via FM translatorW236CI 95.1 MHz inMurfreesboro, Tennessee.

On May 1, 1962, the stationsigned on the air inShelbyville, Tennessee, a small city about 60 miles south of Nashville. Thecall sign wasWTCV and it mostlysimulcast co-owned WHAL (1400 AM, nowWZNG). In 1980, it switched its call letters toWYCQ and it called itself "Q102" with aTop 40 format, but its signal did not cover Nashville. Management asked theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow the transmitter to be moved north and to increase the power to 100,000 watts, so it could become part of the Nashvilleradio market.

With the boost in power and coverage, the station flipped to a hybridCountry/Southern Rock format known as "Rockin' Country 102.9". The station's mascot was ananthropomorphic cow playing an electric guitar, and the station eventually changed its name to "Moo 102" (WMMU) to match its mascot. The station then shifted toward a mainstream country format and became known as "PC103" and "Power Country 103", before settling on "Power Country 102.9" (WZPC).

On April 2, 1999, WZPC flipped to analbum rock format as "The Buzz," essentially "trading" formats withWKDF, which had flipped from rock to country the day prior.^[5] The station's call letters were changed toWBUZ on October 16, 2001.^[1]

The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show fromGrand Rapids replacedThe Bob & Tom Show fromIndianapolis as WBUZ's syndicated morning show on November 22, 2006.

In September 2010, WBUZ was named the newflagship station for theNHL'sNashville Predators. After the2010–11 NHL season, its new all-sportssister stationWPRT-FM became the team's radio flagship.

On June 13, 2022, WBUZ-HD3 changed its branding from "ESPN 94.9" to "94.9 The Fan".^[6]

The callsignWBUZ was originally assigned to a station in Bradbury Heights, Maryland. It began broadcasting January 1, 1948.^[7] WBUZ was the call sign of a formerAM Top 40 station inTerre Haute, Indiana, from 1993 to 2000 (seeWBOW (1230 AM)), and prior to that, an AM station inFredonia, New York.

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• WBUZ official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 74243 (WBUZ) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• WBUZ inNielsen Audio's FM station database

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