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]

WIZK
CityBay Springs, Mississippi
Broadcast areaJasper County, Mississippi
Frequency1570 kHz
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerSteve Stringer
(Sage Communications, LLC)
History
Former call signs
WHII (?-1987)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID14022
ClassD
Power3,200 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
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.


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