WWIZ

WWIZ is a commercial FM radio station in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Youngstown, Ohio market broadcasting at 103.9 MHz with an oldies format. It is one of seven radio stations in the Youngstown market owned by Cumulus Broadcasting with studios in "The Radio Center" in Youngstown.

For the former radio station in Lorain, Ohio, see WWIZ (Lorain, Ohio).
WWIZ
CityWest Middlesex, Pennsylvania
Broadcast areaYoungstown-Warren
BrandingZ104
SloganThe Valley's Good Time Oldies
Frequency103.9 MHz
First air dateOctober 1972
FormatOldies
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT88.9 meters
ClassA
Facility ID23437
OwnerCumulus Broadcasting
(Cumulus Licensing LLC)
Sister stationsWBBW, WHOT, WPIC, WQXK, WRQX, WYFM
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteOldiesZ104.com

Format Flips
Old WWIZ logo as Real Rock 104

On March 31, 2017, WWIZ began stunting with a loop of The Moody Blues' “Nights in White Satin” and The Royal Guardsmen's “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron”, with just a legal ID between the songs. The following day at Noon, the station flipped to classic hits as "Z104" using Westwood One's "Good Time Oldies" satellite feed.[1]

On October 25, 2019, WWIZ dropped its oldies format and began stunting with Christmas music, branded as "Christmas 104", garnering extra attention as it was the first station in the country to flip to Christmas music for the holiday season.[2]

On January 1, 2020 WWIZ ended its Christmas music stunt and returned to its previous oldies format, branded as "Z104".[3]

References
  1. "Rock 104" Youngstown Flips to Oldies Radioinsight - April 1, 2017
  2. Christmas Music Season Starts in Youngstown Radioinsight - October 25, 2019
  3. WWIZ Returns to Oldies Radioinsight - January 1, 2020


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