WAZZ (1490 AM, "My Kiss Radio 93.5") is a Top 40 (CHR)

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, owned by

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., and is "Never More Than 60 Seconds Away From Music". Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Fayetteville.

History

WFLB signed on February 18,

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with John M. Croft as general manager. WFLB was a commercial radio station in

. Significant local programs produced by the station included ''3-B Time,'' with

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Bill Bowser, in 1948. In the 1950s, the station signed on a TV outlet, WFLB-TV 18, which folded later in the 1950s. Starting in the mid-1950s, WFLB played what was called

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. Newsman Johnny Joyce was the leading radio news anchor in Fayetteville. He worked at WFLB (AM) until the late 1970s where he joined WFAI (AM). In the late 1970s, WFLB (AM) was a top 40 powerhouse in Fayetteville, North Carolina radio market. The station featured on air personalities Larry "Records" Cannon, Andy "Stonewall" Jackson, Debbi Tanna, John Braxton and Mark McKay. Mark McKay currently is 25-year veteran sports anchor for

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. In 1991, station owners Henry Hoot and Rev. Gardner Altman also owned WFAI, which began playing traditional gospel artists such as

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and

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, and the Rev.

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, while WFLB would play

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and

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. WFLB switched to adult standards in December 1994. On August 1, 1996, WFLB went off the air when

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bought WFLB along with

WAZZ WAZZ (1490 AM, "My Kiss Radio 93.5") is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station in Fayetteville, North Carolina, owned by Beasley Media Group, LLC., and is "Never More Than 60 Seconds Away From Music". Its studios and transmitter are located separately i ...

and

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. WFLB ("The Memories Station") returned to the air in February 1997, with

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bringing back "Curt's Coffee Club," which he had hosted for more than 30 years on WFAI. He was station manager on WFLB before 1994. Soon after that in 1997, WFLB swapped call signs with WAZZ. On October 9, 2014, WAZZ changed their format to soft adult contemporary, branded as "Sunny 94.3" (also broadcast on FM translator W232CI 94.3 FM Fayetteville).Beasley Launches Sunny 94.3 Fayetteville
Radioinsight - October 9, 2014 On January 5, 2018, WAZZ changed formats to top 40 CHR, branded as "My Kiss Radio" (which simulcasts on a translator on 93.5 FM).

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References

External links

WAZZ official website
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