WBZH (910 AM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

licensed A license (or licence) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit). A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...

to serve

Hayward, Wisconsin Hayward is a city in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States, next to the Namekagon River. The population was 2,318 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Sawyer County. The city is surrounded by the Town of Hayward. History Early h ...

, United States. Established in 1957 as WHSM, the station is owned by Civic Media. The station was originally assigned the WHSM

call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigne ...

by the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction ...

. Its studios and transmitter are located on W. Highway 63, west of downtown Hayward. On July 20, 2016,

Red Rock Radio Red River Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operates Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, Wisconsin television markets. Curtis Squire, Inc., a holding compan ...

announced that it would sell WHSM to Zoe Communications as part of a five-station deal; the sale was completed on September 30, 2016. In February 2017, WHSM changed their format from soft oldies to adult contemporary, branded as "96.9 The Cabin" (simulcast on FM translator W245CT 96.9 FM Hayward). The call sign was subsequently changed to WCBN on May 6, 2017. As of October 2020, WCBN and W245CT are broadcasting a Classic Hits format. The station changed its call sign to WBZH on October 1, 2022. In November 2022 WBZH went silent and its "96.9 The Cabin" classic hits format moved to the HD2 subchannel of

WHSM-FM WHSM-FM (101.1 MHz, "Muskie 101") is a radio station licensed to serve Hayward, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by Zoe Communications, Inc. WHSM-FM broadcasts a country music format, including satellite-fed programming from Westw ...

101.1 Hayward.FCC Monitor: Wis. FM at Low Power, Four Tentative Selectees for New FM’s
Upper Midwest Broadcasting - November 21, 2022

References

External links

BZH Sawyer County, Wisconsin Radio stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-radio-station-stub