WIZM-FM (93.3

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) is a

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broadcasting a

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/ CHR

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. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the La Crosse area. The station is currently owned by

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. WIZM-FM is the Local Primary-1 (LP-1) station for the

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for La Crosse and throughout the Southwest Region of the state.

Emergency Alert System incident

In 2013 shortly after the

Zombie Attack incident in 3 states, One of WIZM-FM's on-air personalities accidentally triggered the EAS on its local CBS station

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by airing a recording of the false Zombie Attack message during its morning show. During the show shortly after the incident, the hosts' laughter was heard in the audio relayed. But it was relayed in an accidental false alarm.

References

External links

Z93.3 official website
* IZM-FM Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1975 {{Wisconsin-radio-station-stub