WFIZ

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WFIZ
Z955FM 2014 logo.png
Broadcast area Ithaca-Cortland, New York
Frequency 95.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingZ95.5
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Subchannels HD2: Classic hits "Rewind 107.7"
HD3: WHCU simulcast
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Cayuga Radio Group
    (Saga Communications, Inc.)
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WHCU, WIII, WNYY, WQNY, WYXL
History
First air date
1968 (as WFLR-FM at 95.9)
Former call signs
WFLR-FM (1968–2008)
Former frequencies
95.9 MHz (1968–2008)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 36406
Class A
ERP 850 watts
HAAT 265 meters (869 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°23′13″N76°40′11″W / 42.38694°N 76.66972°W / 42.38694; -76.66972
Translator(s) 94.9 W235BR (Ithaca)
HD2: 107.7 W299BI (Ithaca)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Website z955.com
rewind1077.com (HD2)

WFIZ (95.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Odessa, New York, United States, the station serves the Ithaca, New York area. The station is currently owned by the Cayuga Radio Group subsidiary of Saga Communications, Inc. as of February 2014. [2]

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History

The station signed on in 1968 as "WFLR-FM" and had been broadcasting a country music format on 95.9 FM in Dundee, New York as "Country 95.9". On September 15, 2008, the station was moved to the current 95.5 FM frequency in Odessa, New York (Ithaca market) with a Top 40 format as "Z95-5". [3]

In February 2014, Saga Communications completed their purchase of WFIZ-FM, along with its HD2 frequency. In August of that year, the broadcast studio was moved from its original location on Danby Road in Ithaca to join the other studios already owned by the company.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WFIZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WFIZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush".