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WBIZ-FM (100.7 MHz, "Z100") is a top 40 (CHR) radio station in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia.The studios are located in Eau Claire while the transmitter is located near County Highway T and 60th Ave north of Eau Claire.
Call sign Frequency City of license [1] [2] Licensee Format [3]; KDKE: 102.5 FM: Superior: Midwest Communications, Inc. Classic Country KFIZ: 1450 AM: Fond du Lac: RBH Enterprises, Inc.
In 1988, WCFW moved its studios to the Warren Street site; the next year, after several delays, it became the last station in the Chippewa Falls–Eau Claire area to begin stereo broadcasts. [9] [10] Roy Bushland died in August 1990. [11] In 1997, WCFW moved from 105.5 to 105.7 MHz as part of an increase to 25,000 watts. [12]
The following is a list of radio stations currently owned by iHeartMedia.Of these stations, 448 of the stations which are outside the Top 100 DMA markets, plus another 91 stations which may or may not be in the top 100 DMAs are for sale.
The station was originally WEAU-FM, an FM station co-owned with WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, broadcasting on 100.7 FM until 1967 when it switched to 104.5 FM. When WAXX 1150 was purchased and brought under the same ownership as WEAU-TV/WEAU-FM, WEAU-FM began simulcasting WAXX's country format.
The station signed on in 1947 as WBIZ. The call sign was changed to WEUZ on May 19, 1988. On April 8, 1991, the station changed back to WBIZ. [3]In July 2012, WBIZ filed an application for a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to decrease power to 970 watts.
The station was originally WEAU on 1050 kHz, switching to 790 in 1941. [2] The call sign was switched to WEAQ upon a 1959 ownership change. [3] Eventually, the station moved to Tower Drive on the northeast side of Eau Claire, playing pop music with occasional format switches to country, rock, adult contemporary and standards.
Eau Claire is known regionally for its arts and music scenes and is the hometown of indie folk band Bon Iver, whose lead singer Justin Vernon co-curated the city's annual Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival. [17] Eau Claire is the second fastest-growing major city in Wisconsin after Madison, with 5.4% population growth between 2010 and 2020. [18]