WWYZ

WWYZ

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City of license	Waterbury, Connecticut
Broadcast area	Hartford, Connecticut
Branding	Country 92-5
Slogan	Hartford's Country Music Station
Frequency	92.5 MHz
First air date	1989
Format	Country
ERP	17,000 watts
HAAT	268 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	74205
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WHCN, WKSS, WPOP, WUCS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	country925.com

WWYZ is a country station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut, broadcasting at 92-5 FM. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and was previously locally owned by the Gilmore family as a sister to WATR and WATR-TV (now WCCT-TV). Studios are at 10 Columbus Boulevard in Hartford, and the transmitter site is in Meriden, Connecticut.

In the early 1970s, WWYZ was called the "Music Lover's WISE Choice", trailing among many easy listening stations blanketing much of Connecticut. In June 1976 under program director Bob Craig, WWYZ switched to "YZ the Natural 92 FM" as a "laid back and mellow" soft rock station. The format outlasted its New York counterpart WKTU (which went disco) and served WWYZ well for about five years. Various attempts to meet new competitors in the adult contemporary arena fell short between 1981 and 1988. In 1988, the station switched to a Country music format, making it the only FM station in Connecticut with a wide reach to adopt this format full-time. The station has had considerable success with this format and through 2007 remains the only FM country music station in the Hartford and New Haven areas, carrying programs both national and local in origin.

External links

• Country 92-5 Website
• Listen Now
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WWYZ
• Radio-Locator information on WWYZ
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WWYZ