WYZO

Infobox Radio station
name = WYZO


city = Portage, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WFAT&service=FM&status=L&hours=U]
branding = Kalamazoo Country Y96.5
slogan = Kalamazoo's New Country
airdate = February 28, 1992
frequency = 96.5 MHz
format = Country
power = 6,000 watts
haat = 76 meters
class = A
facility_id = 67775
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WFAT (6/9/92-2/18/08)
WUBU (10/1/89-6/9/92)
WLWJ (12/30/88-10/1/89)
owner = Midwest Communications
sister_stations = WKZO, WNWN, WNWN-FM, WQLR, WVFM
webcast =
website = [http://www.y965country.com/ www.y965country.com]
affiliations =

WYZO (96.5) is an FM radio station Licensed to Portage, Michigan, It is currently branded as Kalamazoo Country Y96.5 with a country music format.

History

The station began broadcasting on February 28, 1992 as WUBU, with an urban adult contemporary format. In June 1992 the station was acquired by Tri-State Radio and the WUBU calls were dropped as well as the urban AC Format. The WUBU call letters and format were then picked up by 106.3 FM in South Bend, Indiana shortly thereafter. On June 9, 1992, the station acquired the calls WFAT and switched its format to Hot AC. But by April 2000 the station decided to a move in a new direction and switched their format to mainstream AC with Rick Dees coming to the station for mornings.

The mainstream AC format did not last long, and in October 2001 it became a classic rock station with the syndicated Bob and Tom Show in the morning drive.

On February 15, 2008, at 5pm the station abruptly changed format from classic rock to country music. The last song on WFAT was "Happy Trails" by Van Halen, after which the station became "Y96.5", with the first song of the new format being "It's Five O'clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet. A couple days later the station changed its callsign to WYZO after fifteen years as WFAT.

Spring 2008 Arbitron Rating: #9 (3.0)

Airstaff

The current lineup (as of July 2008) is as follows

* Morning Show: The Bob & Tom Show - Bob Kevoian, Tom Griswold, Kristi Lee
& Chick McGee
* Mid-Days: PJ Lacey
* Afternoon Drive: Dan Diggler
* Nighttime: Chad Daniels
* Overnights: Wright All Night - Danny Wright
* Weekend's/Fill-ins: Brent Allen & Larry Long
* Program Director: PJ Lacey

ources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-d/wfat.html Michiguide.com - WYZO History]
* [http://www.michiguide.com/archives/2008/02/the_fat_gets_cut_in_kalamazoo.html Michiguide.com - The 'Fat gets cut in Kalamazoo]

External links

*FMQ|WYZO
*FML|WYZO
*FMARB|WYZO