WHBZ (106.5FM, "The Buzz") is aSheboygan Falls, Wisconsin-licensedradio station based inSheboygan that plays amainstream rockformat. The station is currently owned byMidwest Communications and features an all-local lineup, withFox News Radio updates and forecasts provided byWLUK-TV inGreen Bay.^[2]

WHBZ

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Frequency	106.5MHz
Branding	106.5 The Buzz
Programming
Format	Mainstream rock
Affiliations	Fox News Radio United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	WHBL,WBFM,WXER
History
First air date	1997
Former call signs	WWJR (1997–2001)
Call sign meaning	Calls both denote its sister station WHBL and Buzz branding
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	41614
Class	A
ERP	6,000watts
HAAT	73 meters
Transmitter coordinates	43°43′16.00″N87°44′3.00″W / 43.7211111°N 87.7341667°W /43.7211111; -87.7341667
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	[{{{url}}} Listen live]
Website	1065thebuzz.com

The station originally went on the air asWHBL-FM in 1972 on 97.7 with an automatedbeautiful music format. An ownership change where the station was sold to Michael R. Walton saw its call letters changed toWWJR-FM on March 14, 1977, with the calls changed to honor his son (and later station co-owner), Michael Walton Jr.^[3] The station vacillated betweenautomated and live-hosted operation through most of those two decades, with occasionalsimulcasting with sister AM station WHBL, usually withadult contemporary formats. It moved to a new allocation in March 1993 at 93.7 as part of a large frequency swap throughout northeastern Wisconsin. A constant through the years was its annual broadcast ofChristmas music throughout December.

The station's format and call letters moved to a new frequency licensed to Sheboygan Falls at 106.5 on April 4, 1997, to make room for country stationWBFM on 93.7, moving towards an automatedsoft rock format, and was also the pre-WLKN home ofDelilah. The WBFM facility holds thefacility ID which originated with WHBL-FM in 1972, and the 106.5 frequency is officially a new radio station that launched in 1997.

After Midwest's purchase of the three Walton stations in mid-2001 and a transitionalHot AC format from July 2001, the station changed their calls toWHBZ on December 29, 2001, and on the same day changed over torock as "The Buzz".^[4]

Until the second week of 2015 the station carried the syndicatedBob & Tom for their morning show with local news cut-ins, before deciding to switch to a nearly fully non-syndicated schedule outside of non-critical periods. Except for weeknights, whereNikki Sixx'sSixx Sense is aired, along with the Sunday night showsRock Recall andhardDrive, all station programming is either originated locally from Sheboygan either live or recorded for overnight shifts, orvoicetracked from other Midwest stations in Green Bay and Wausau. The station also is used to carry play-by-play from either thePackers orBrewers radio networks for the Sheboygan area in case of a conflict between the two teams on WHBL.

• Facility details for Facility ID 41614 (WHBZ) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• WHBZ inNielsen Audio's FM station database