WUZZ

For the radio station in Lima, Ohio, formerly known as WUZZ, see WEGE.

WUZZ / WUUZ
City	WUZZ: Saegertown, Pennsylvania WUUZ: Cooperstown, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Meadville-Franklin, Pennsylvania and Erie, Pennsylvania
Branding	WUZZ 94 and 107
Frequency	WUZZ: 94.3 MHz WUUZ: 107.7 MHz
Format	Classic rock
ERP	WUZZ: 2,150 watts WUUZ: 4,500 watts
HAAT	WUZZ: 168 meters WUUZ: 115 meters
Class	WUZZ: A WUUZ: A
Facility ID	WUZZ: 12918 WUUZ: 88380
Callsign meaning	"Was"
Affiliations	Pittsburgh Steelers
Owner	Forever Broadcasting, LLC
Website	mywuzz.com

WUZZ (94.3 FM) is a classic rock music formatted radio station in Saegertown, Pennsylvania and is branded as "Wuzz 94". WUZZ is also a heavy metal band out of Kansas City.reverbnation.com/wuzz simulcast with WUUZ 107.7 FM (licensed to Cooperstown), serving Titusville, Oil City, Franklin, and Tionesta. Until May 2007 this station was known as WHUZ.

History

Beginnings as WYSS-FM

WUZZ, the first of these two stations, first went on the air January 19, 1979 as WYSS. Though licensed to Saegertown, the station operated from Meadville (where it remains today), the seat of government from Crawford County, Pennsylvania, for most of its existence. The station signed on with a Top 40 format under the ownership of Saegertown Broadcasting Inc., a company headed by Arthur Arkelian, and maintained studios on Broad Street in Saegertown.

The call letters were changed from WYSS to WEOZ in 1983. With the call letters came a change in ownership as the station was sold to Osborne Broadcasting, a company headed by Thomas Osborne, that year. The station also moved shortly afterwards from Saegertown to Meadville. WEOZ was then sold to Community First Broadcasting, a company headed by Werner Poegel, in August 1988 for $436,943.00. The format was then changed to a blend of adult contemporary and oldies programmed mostly from compact disc which was novel at the time. Community First Broadcasting maintained ownership of WEOZ until financial circumstances forced the station to go dark in August 1991. The station was dark for several years.

The station returned under a new set of call letters, a new owner, and a new format. Rechristened as WMDE, the station programmed a modern rock format under its new and current owner, Forever Broadcasting.

107.7 Signs On

Forever Broadcasting was issued a construction permit for a new "drop-in" frequency of 107.7 in Cooperstown. The permit was granted on September 11, 1997. The station signed on as WMHU September 7, 2000 as a simulcast outlet of WMDE. In March of the following year, the call letters were changed to WHUG, and the station became a simulcast outlet of WXXO and WOXX in Cambridge Springs and Franklin, duplicating the "Kiss" monikered adult contemporary programming offered on those two channels.

The station became what it is today on February 2, 2002 when its call sign was changed to WUUZ. While the station once boasted a large live and local staff of on air personalities, over the years it has become largely automated. Live shows include the WUZZ Rockin' Morning Show, hosted by program director Rockin' Rich from 6am-10am, and a live afternoon show hosted by Reno. Reno also hosts "Big Hair Saturday Night" on select Saturdays. Weekends are typically automated, with the WUZZ music playing without any air personalities. Dave English, who is Tadpole on sister station Froggy, voicetracks the weekday midday show, which was previously hosted live.

Current on air personalities include Alice Cooper, Rockin' Rich, and Reno. Notable former on air personalities include Luke Rio, Cousin Buzz, Casey Summers, Ray Shade/Tommy Cruise, Jessie, Shane, Timmy Shaw, AJ, Teddy Mercury, Shawn Cassidy, Adam Cadabra, JR, Jared Garcia, Taylor Beincourt, Tye Dye, Ed Banger, Monica, Big Ben, Roxanne, Penny Lane, KAA / Keith Allen Austin, Bill Saint James B.C. Emery, Rhonda and Clarissa and Steve & DC.

Pittsburgh Steelers Football

WUZZ 94/107 is the radio home for Pittsburgh Steelers football during the NFL season.

External links

Official website

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Radio-Locator information on WUZZ

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Query the FCC's FM station database for WUUZ

Radio-Locator information on WUUZ

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Radio stations in the Meadville-Franklin, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	790 940 970 1120 1450 1490

By FM frequency	89.5 90.3 90.3 91.1 91.9 91.9 94.3 95.1 96.3 98.5 99.3 100.3 101.7 104.5 107.7

By callsign	W212BK W220BA WARC WAWN WFRA WFUN WGYI WGYY WHMJ WKQW WKQW-FM WGRP WGYY WMGW WMVL WOXX WPIC WSAJ-FM WUZZ WUUZ WVME WWGY WXXO

Defunct stations	WOYL/1340 WSAJ/1340

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

By frequency	92.1 92.1 93.7 94.3 94.3 94.7 95.9 98.5 99.9 100.5 101.3 102.3 102.5 102.9 102.9 103.1 103.1 103.5 105.5 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.3 107.5 107.7

By callsign:	WBUS WBVE WBXQ WCHX WDVE WEGH WEZX WHLM-FM WKVE WJNG WMGK WMKX WMTT WODE-FM WPZX WQFX WQHZ WSQV WTPA WUUZ WUZZ WXMT WYCR WYFM WZDB WZDD

By city	Bedford Berwick Brookville Cooperstown Easton Erie Johnsonburg Lewistown Lock Haven Mount Pleasant Northumberland Palmyra Patton/Altoona Philadelphia Pittsburgh Pocono Pines Russell Saegertown Scranton Sharon Smethport State College Strattanville Sykesville Tioga York-Hanover

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

Coordinates: 41°37′52″N 80°10′37″W / 41.631°N 80.177°W / 41.631; -80.177

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