WMBZ (92.5 FM "Buzz Country 92.5") is a

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-formatted

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. It serves the greater

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area, mainly the city's northern suburbs. WMBZ is owned by Wisconsin-based David Magnum, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., along with sister

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and

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WRJN WRJN (1400 AM) is a MOR radio station located in Racine, Wisconsin, and serving the areas of Racine, Kenosha and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The station is owned by David Magnum, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., along with local sister sta ...

and

WVTY WVTY (92.1 FM, "92-1 VTY Country") is a country music-formatted radio station in Racine in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It serves Racine, Kenosha and Milwaukee's southern suburbs. WVTY is owned by David Magnum, through licensee Magnum Communicatio ...

. Its studios are in West Bend and the transmitter site is in

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History

The station was originally WBKV-FM, an

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station. It was later known as "V92" and featured an automated

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and country format. On September 16, 1988, the station picked up the WBWI-FM call letters. WBWI-FM flipped to its current country format in late 1989/early 1990. For a few years it was known as "92 Country Rock" then "92 Country" before it was renamed to "Pure Country", a name they kept until 2004, when the station rebranded to simply "92.5 WBWI." On June 25, 2014, Bliss Communications announced that it would sell WBWI-FM and WBKV, along with WRJN and WVTY (then WEZY) in Racine, to David Magnum's Magnum Communications, Inc. Bliss had owned WBWI and WBKV since 1970 (when WBWI was still WBKV-FM). The sale, at a price of $2.25 million, was consummated on October 31, 2014. On February 9, 2015, WBWI-FM rebranded as "Buzz Country".WBWI Relaunches as Buzz Country
/ref> On February 18, 2015, WBWI-FM changed their call letters to WMBZ.

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External links

WMBZ Website
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