WFIZ

"WFLR-FM" redirects here. For the AM radio station in Dundee, New York, United States, see WFLR.

WFIZ

City	Odessa, New York
Broadcast area	Ithaca, New York
Branding	Z95.5
Slogan	"Ithaca's Hit Music Channel"
Frequency	95.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	94.9 W235BR (Ithaca) 107.7 W299BI (Ithaca, relays HD2)
First air date	1968 (as WFLR-FM at 95.9)
Format	Top 40 (CHR) HD2: Classic Hits "Rewind 107.7"
ERP	850 watts
HAAT	265 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	36406
Transmitter coordinates	42°23′13.00″N 76°40′11.00″W / 42.3869444°N 76.6697222°W / 42.3869444; -76.6697222
Former callsigns	WFLR-FM (1968-2008)
Former frequencies	95.9 MHz (1968-2008)
Owner	Saga Communications, Inc. (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
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, USA, the station serves the Ithaca, New York area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications, Inc. as of February 2014.^[1]

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".^[2] Program Director/morning jock Tommy Frank died the next day.

On-air schedule

Monday Through Friday

5:30 AM To 10 AM: Gabe And Nikki In The Morning
10 AM To 2 PM: Harper
2 PM To 6 PM: On Air with Ryan Seacrest
6 PM To 12 AM: Nights With Bentley
12 AM To 1 AM: Regular Programming
1 AM To 5 AM: On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Saturday On Air Schedule

12 AM To 2 AM: Club Z (With Bentley)
2 AM To 3 PM: Regular Programming
3 PM To 7 PM: Karla
7 PM To 11 PM: Weekend Throwdown With Jagger
11 PM To 3 AM: Club Z (With Bentley)

Sunday On Air Schedule

3 AM To 5 AM: Regular Programming
5 AM To 6 AM: Sunday Morning Conversation
6 AM To 8 AM: Backtrax USA '90s With Kid Kelly
8 AM To 12 PM: American Top 40 With Ryan Seacrest
12 PM To 5 PM: Karla
5 PM To 8 PM: Regular Programming
8 PM To 12 AM: Sunday Nite Slow Jams With R. Dub

Past Air Talent from Z95.5

Leon (Previously did evenings and weekends)
Cookie (Previously did weekends)
Corey (Previously did mornings, moved to another radio station)
Anthony From The Deli (Previously did evenings, Club Z and weekends)
Mikey V (Previously did evenings, moved to another radio station)
Jess (Previously did Morning Show with Corey and middays)
Nikki (Previously did Morning Show with Corey and middays)
Guido (Previously did evenings, weekends and Morning Show fill-in)
EJ (Previously did evenings, moved to another radio station)

References

↑ "WFIZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080922/nerw.html#ny

External links

Z95.5 official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WFIZ

Radio-Locator information on WFIZ

Radio stations in the Ithaca, New York market

By FM frequency	88.1 89.5 90.1 90.9 91.7 93.5 95.5 97.3 99.9 103.7 106.9

By AM frequency	820 870 920 1000 1160 1470

By callsign	WEOS WFIZ WHCU WICB WIII WITH WLNL WNYY WPIE WQNY WRFI WSQG-FM WSYR-FM WVBR-FM WWLZ WYBY WYXL

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of New York

By frequency	89.1 92.3 92.3 93.1 94.3 94.7 95.5 96.1 96.7 96.7 97.9 97.9 98.5 100.3¹ 101.5 104.1 104.7 105.5 105.7 106.1 106.1 106.7 107.1

By callsign	WBDR WBLI WBMP WBNW-FM WFIZ WFLY WHTZ¹ WJPZ WKBE WKSE WLVY WMXO WNKI WNTQ WPKF WPXY WSKS WSKU WSPK WWYL WXZO WYSX WYUL

By city	Chateaugay Chenango Bridge Copenhagen Corinth Corning Elmira Endicott Little Falls Morristown Newark¹ New York Niagara Falls Odessa Olean Patchogue Poughkeepsie (WPKF) Poughkeepsie (WSPK) Rochester Syracuse (WJPZ) Syracuse (WNTQ) Troy Whitesboro Willsboro

¹ = Although WHTZ is licensed to Newark, NJ, it also serves the New York City area, with both it's studios and it's transmitter atop the Empire State Building in New York City.

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

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