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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WDUZ and WDUZ-FM
| name = WDUZ and WDUZ-FM
| image = [[Image:WDUZthefan.jpg|240px|WDUZ]]
| logo = WDUZthefan.jpg
| city = '''WDUZ:''' [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' [[Brillion, Wisconsin]]
| city = '''WDUZ:''' [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' [[Brillion, Wisconsin]]
| area = [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
| area = [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
| branding = ''"Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan"''
| branding = Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan
| frequency = '''WDUZ:''' 1400 [[kilohertz|kHz]]<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' 107.5 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| slogan =
| frequency = '''WDUZ:''' 1400 [[kilohertz|kHz]]<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' 107.5 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| translator = '''WDUZ:''' {{Radio Relay|95.5|W238DA|Green Bay}}
| translator =
| repeater =
| airdate = '''WDUZ:''' August 22, 1947<br>'''WDUZ-FM''': {{start date|1993}} (as WEZR)
| repeater =
| airdate = '''WDUZ:''' 1947<br>'''WDUZ-FM''': 1993 (as WEZR)
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| share =
| language =
| share as of =
| power = '''WDUZ:''' 1,000 [[watt]]s unlimited
| share source =
| erp = '''WDUZ-FM:''' 3,600 watts
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports Talk]]
| language = English
| power = '''WDUZ:''' 1,000 [[watt]]s
| erp = '''WDUZ-FM:''' 3,600 [[watt]]s
| haat = '''WDUZ-FM:''' 268 meters
| haat = '''WDUZ-FM:''' 268 meters
| class = '''WDUZ:''' C<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' C3
| class = '''WDUZ:''' C<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' C3
| facility_id = '''WDUZ:''' 25119<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' 6861
| facility_id = '''WDUZ:''' 25119<br>'''WDUZ-FM:''' 6861
| coordinates =
| coordinates =
| callsign_meaning = The station took its call sign and original slogan ("D-U-Z does it all") from [[List of Procter & Gamble brands#Vanished brands|'''''<u>DUZ</u>''''' laundry soap]], a popular product at the time of the station's founding<ref>[http://www.wisconsinbroadcasting.com/pages/call-letter-meanings/call-letter-meanings---radio.php List of callsign meanings] from WisconsinBroadcasting.com</ref>
| callsign_meaning = The station took its call sign and original slogan ("D-U-Z does it all") from [[List of Procter & Gamble brands#Discontinued brands|Duz laundry soap]], a popular product at the time of the station's founding<ref>[http://www.wisconsinbroadcasting.com/pages/call-letter-meanings/call-letter-meanings---radio.php List of callsign meanings] from WisconsinBroadcasting.com</ref>
| former_callsigns = '''WDUZ:'''<br>WNGB (2003-2004)<br>'''WDUZ-FM:'''<br>WEZR (1989-1999)<br>WXWX (1999-2003)
| former_callsigns = '''WDUZ:'''<br>WNGB (2003–2004)<br>'''WDUZ-FM:'''<br>WEZR (1989–1999)<br>WXWX (1999–2003)
| former_frequencies =
| former_frequencies =
| affiliations = [[CBS Sports Radio]]<br>[[Green Bay Packers]]
| affiliations = [[Infinity Sports Network]]<br>[[Green Bay Rockers]]
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
| owner = [[Cumulus Media]]
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
| licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
| sister_stations = [[WKRU]], [[WOGB]], [[WPCK]], [[WQLH]]
| sister_stations = [[WKRU]], [[WOGB]], [[WQLH]]
| webcast = [http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/citadel/?sid=17635 Listen Live]<br>[http://www.iheart.com/live/5640/?autoplay=true Listen Live via iHeart]
| webcast = {{listen live|https://player.listenlive.co/23831}}<br>[https://www.iheart.com/live/the-fan-5640/ Listen Live via iHeart]
| website = [http://www.thefan1075.com TheFan1075.com]
| website = {{URL|https://www.thefan1075.com}}
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
}}


'''WDUZ''' (1400 AM) and '''WDUZ-FM''' (107.5 FM) are radio stations serving the [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] area, simulcasting a [[Sports radio|Sports Talk]] format as "Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan." The stations were owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]], though they were still operated by their previous owner, [[Cumulus Media]], who swapped ownership of both stations (and 3 other Green Bay signals) to Clear Channel in exchange for 2 [[Ohio]] stations in early 2009.<ref>[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090103/GPG03/901030551/1247 Ownership swap is in the works for 5 area radio stations] - [[Green Bay Press-Gazette]] (released January 3, 2009)</ref> In August 2013, Clear Channel reached a deal to sell its Green Bay stations back to Cumulus.<ref name=aa-ccbacktocumulus>{{cite news|title=Ownership Of Green Bay Cluster Goes Back From Clear Channel To Cumulus|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121840/ownership-of-green-bay-cluster-goes-back-from-clea|accessdate=August 30, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> The sale was consummated on December 31, 2013 at a price of $17,636,643.
'''WDUZ''' (1400 [[Hertz|kHz]]) and '''WDUZ-FM''' (107.5 MHz) are [[radio station]]s serving the [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]] area, simulcasting a [[Sports radio|sports]] format as "Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan". The stations were owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]], though they were still operated by their previous owner, [[Cumulus Media]], who swapped ownership of both stations (and 3 other Green Bay signals) to Clear Channel in exchange for 2 [[Ohio]] stations in early 2009.<ref>[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090103/GPG03/901030551/1247 Ownership swap is in the works for 5 area radio stations] - [[Green Bay Press-Gazette]] (released January 3, 2009)</ref> In August 2013, Clear Channel reached a deal to sell its Green Bay stations back to Cumulus.<ref name=aa-ccbacktocumulus>{{cite news|title=Ownership Of Green Bay Cluster Goes Back From Clear Channel To Cumulus|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121840/ownership-of-green-bay-cluster-goes-back-from-clea|access-date=August 30, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> The sale was consummated on December 31, 2013, at a price of $17,636,643.


WDUZ's studios and AM transmitter are located on Victoria Street in Green Bay, while the FM transmitter is located near [[Shirley, Wisconsin|Shirley]] in the [[Glenmore, Wisconsin|Town of Glenmore]].
WDUZ's studios and AM transmitter are located on Victoria Street in Green Bay, while the FM transmitter is located near [[Shirley, Wisconsin|Shirley]] in the [[Glenmore, Wisconsin|Town of Glenmore]].


==WDUZ History==
==WDUZ history==
WDUZ went on the air in 1947 under the ownership of Green Bay Broadcasting Company, formed by veteran Wisconsin broadcaster Ben A. Laird. The station's format until the 1990s consisted of an eclectic mix of music; during the late 1950s and much of the 1960s, early morning music consisted of a mix of [[polka]] and [[country music]], easy listening and [[Middle of the road (music)|middle-of-the-road music]] during the daytime, and rock and roll music from 7PM to midnight. News content on WDUZ included [[Paul Harvey|Paul Harvey's]] [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]] commentaries; Harvey had credited Ben Laird for suggesting to ABC Radio that Harvey's show should air nationwide on the network.<ref>[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090309/GPG0705/903090517/1273/GPG07 "Warren Gerds column: Area radio stations shuffle lineups"], from ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', March 9, 2009</ref> By the mid-1990s, WDUZ would morph into a mixed bag of adult contemporary music, news, sports, and talk radio, eventually going to full-time [[sports talk]] in the latter half of the 1990s (as "Sports Radio 14 The Fan"). Cumulus Broadcasting purchased WDUZ and its sister station '''[[WQLH]]''' in the fall of 1999.
WDUZ went on the air in 1947 under the ownership of Green Bay Broadcasting Company, formed by veteran Wisconsin broadcaster Ben A. Laird. The station's format until the 1990s consisted of an eclectic mix of music; during the late 1950s and much of the 1960s, early morning music consisted of a mix of [[polka]] and [[country music]], easy listening and [[Middle of the road (music)|middle-of-the-road music]] during the daytime, and rock and roll music from 7 p.m. to midnight. News content on WDUZ included [[Paul Harvey|Paul Harvey's]] [[Citadel Media|ABC Radio]] commentaries; Harvey had credited Ben Laird for suggesting to ABC Radio that Harvey's show should air nationwide on the network.<ref>[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090309/GPG0705/903090517/1273/GPG07 "Warren Gerds column: Area radio stations shuffle lineups"], from ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', March 9, 2009</ref> By the mid-1990s, WDUZ would morph into a mixed bag of adult contemporary music, news, sports, and talk radio, eventually going to full-time [[sports talk]] in July 1996 (as "Sports Radio 14 The Fan").</ref><ref>Terry Anderson, "WDUZ: All sports, all day," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', June 13, 1996.</ref> Cumulus Broadcasting purchased WDUZ and its sister station '''[[WQLH]]''' in the fall of 1999.</ref><ref>Warren Gerds, "Local stations WDUZ, WQLH on verge of new era," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', September 18, 1999.</ref>


In the 1970s and early 1980s, WDUZ sponsored the WDUZ Mod Squad, a community fund raiser basketball team that included Disc Jockeys and other local celebrities. They also sponsored a softball team under the same name.
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In the fall of 2003, Cumulus moved the WDUZ call letters and sports format to its station at 107.5 FM (the former WXWX) and turned 1400 AM into a [[talk radio]] station ("Super Talk 1400 '''WNGB'''"), a format that featured nationally syndicated talk programming such as shows from [[G. Gordon Liddy]] and [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]. WNGB's ratings performance proved dismal, and in September 2004, Cumulus returned the WDUZ calls and sports talk format to 1400 AM, in a full simulcast with 107.5 (which remained WDUZ-FM).


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In October 2003, Cumulus moved the WDUZ call letters and sports format to its station at 107.5 FM (the former WXWX) and turned 1400 AM into a [[talk radio]] station ("Super Talk 1400 '''WNGB'''"), a format that featured nationally syndicated talk programming such as shows from [[G. Gordon Liddy]] and [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]].<ref>"Packers broadcasts move to 107.5 FM," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', October 8, 2003.</ref><ref>Warren Gerds, "A guide to sorting out the Cumulus Media mix," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', October 25, 2003.</ref> WNGB's ratings performance proved dismal, and in August 2004, Cumulus returned the WDUZ calls and sports talk format to 1400 AM, in a full simulcast with 107.5 (which remained WDUZ-FM).<ref>Warren Gerds, "Cost-conscious networks slow to expand HD broadcasts," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', August 30, 2004.</ref>
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==WDUZ-FM History==
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Programming on the 107.5 FM frequency dates back to as far as 1993, when it was a beautiful music/easy listening station under the '''WEZR''' call letters. Around the mid-1990s, the format changed to smooth jazz while still under the WEZR call sign. Cumulus Broadcasting purchased the station in March 1998 and immediately dropped the jazz format. After a weekend of stunting with [[Orson Welles]]' "The War of the Worlds" (mixed in with [[Elton John]]'s "Rocket Man"), WEZR became "The Planet 107-5," a mix of adult contemporary and eclectic rock.


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==WDUZ-FM history==
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"The Planet" format lasted only one year. On April 1, 1999, Cumulus flipped WEZR (and its [[country music]] sister station in [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], 96.9 FM '''WUSW''') to a modern rock simulcast as "97 and 107 The Fox." With that format flip, 107.5 would take the call letters '''WXWX''' (while WUSW changed to '''[[WWWX]]''').
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Programming on the 107.5 FM frequency dates back to as far as February 1993, when it was a beautiful music/easy listening station under the '''WEZR''' call letters.<ref>Warren Gerds, "WEZR's format is a hit with fans," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', February 27, 1993.</ref> Around the mid-1990s, the format changed to smooth jazz while still under the WEZR call sign. Cumulus Broadcasting purchased the station in March 1998 and immediately dropped the jazz format. After a weekend of [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]] with [[Orson Welles]]' "The War of the Worlds" (mixed in with [[Elton John]]'s "Rocket Man"), WEZR became "The Planet 107-5," a mix of adult contemporary and eclectic rock, on March 23.<ref>Warren Gerds, "Format fuss," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', March 27, 1998.</ref>
<ref>Kendra Meinert, "'98 shaping up as good year for '80s fans," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', March 26, 1998.</ref>


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"The Planet" format lasted only one year. On April 1, 1999, Cumulus flipped WEZR (and its [[country music]] sister station in [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], 96.9 FM '''WUSW''') to a modern rock simulcast as "97 and 107 The Fox." With that format flip, 107.5 would take the call letters '''WXWX''' (while WUSW changed to '''[[WWWX]]''').<ref>Kendra Meinert, "At 107.5 FM, it's crazy like a 'Fox'," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', April 8, 1999.</ref>
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The "Fox" simulcast lasted until October 2003, when Cumulus began simulcasting WDUZ's sports talk programming on 107.5. (WWWX would continue as a stand-alone rock station serving the [[Fox Cities]] area.)

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The "Fox" simulcast lasted until October 2003, when Cumulus began simulcasting WDUZ's sports talk programming on 107.5. (WWWX would continue as a stand-alone rock station serving the [[Fox Cities]] area.)<ref>"Packers broadcasts move to 107.5 FM," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', October 8, 2003.</ref><ref>Warren Gerds, "A guide to sorting out the Cumulus Media mix," ''The Green Bay Press-Gazette'', October 25, 2003.</ref>


=="The Fan" programming==
=="The Fan" programming==
The WDUZ schedule emphasizes local sports talk programming, including "The Fan Nation Morning Show," "FanLine" in late mornings, and "Sportsline" with Harry Sydney, Chris Havel, and Marques Eversoll in late afternoons. "The Fan" also featured some national talk and live event programming from [[ESPN Radio]] until dropping the network on January 2, 2013 and affiliating with [[CBS Sports Radio]], which is distributed by [[Cumulus Media]] and whose schedule includes ''[[The Jim Rome Show]]'', a longtime part of WDUZ's schedule (''Rome'' was distributed by [[Premiere Networks]] before joining CBS Sports Radio).<ref>[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013301010181 "WGBW-AM picks up ESPN sports programming,"] from ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', 1/1/2013</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/formatchanges.html|title=Format Changes|publisher=Your Midwest Media|date=2 January 2013|accessdate=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317011411/http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/formatchanges.html|archive-date=17 March 2013|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The WDUZ schedule emphasizes local sports talk programming. "The Fan" also featured some national talk and live event programming from [[ESPN Radio]] until dropping the network on January 2, 2013, and affiliating with [[Infinity Sports Network]], which is distributed by [[Cumulus Media]] and whose schedule includes ''[[The Jim Rome Show]]'', a longtime part of WDUZ's schedule (''Rome'' was distributed by [[Premiere Networks]] before joining CBS Sports Radio).<ref>[http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013301010181 "WGBW-AM picks up ESPN sports programming,"] from ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', January 1, 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/formatchanges.html|title=Format Changes|publisher=Your Midwest Media|date=January 2, 2013|access-date=February 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317011411/http://www.yourmidwestmedia.net/mainsite/formatchanges.html|archive-date=March 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>


"The Fan" served as radio home of [[University of Wisconsin-Green Bay|UW-Green Bay Phoenix]] men's and women's' basketball until the 2013-2014 season. They are the Green Bay radio home for [[Wisconsin Badgers]] athletics and Marquette Basketball. The Fan also carries NFL games through Westwood One. From 2000 to 2004, both frequencies served as Green Bay's flagship stations for [[Green Bay Packers]] football. During that time, [[Milwaukee Brewers]] baseball and [[Milwaukee Bucks]] basketball also aired on "The Fan." The Packers, Brewers, and Bucks would all move over to [[Midwest Communications]]' sports-talker [[WNFL]] in 2005; the Packers and Brewers now air on its sister station, [[WTAQ]].
"The Fan" served as radio home of [[University of Wisconsin-Green Bay|UW-Green Bay Phoenix]] men's and women's basketball until the 2013–2014 season. They are the Green Bay radio home for [[Wisconsin Badgers]] athletics and Marquette Basketball. The Fan also carries NFL games through Westwood One. From 2000 to 2004, both frequencies served as Green Bay's flagship stations for [[Green Bay Packers]] football. During that time, [[Milwaukee Brewers]] baseball and [[Milwaukee Bucks]] basketball also aired on "The Fan." The Packers, Brewers, and Bucks would all move over to [[Midwest Communications]]' sports-talker [[WNFL]] in 2005; the Packers and Brewers now air on its sister station, [[WTAQ]].


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=51725&.pdf FCC History Cards for WDUZ]
*[http://www.thefan1075.com "The Fan" website]
*{{Official|https://www.thefan1075.com}}
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Latest revision as of 12:42, 21 July 2024

"WDUZ-FM" redirects here. For the previous WDUZ-FM, at 98.5 MHz, see WQLH.
WDUZ and WDUZ-FM
Broadcast areaGreen Bay, Wisconsin
FrequencyWDUZ: 1400 kHz
WDUZ-FM: 107.5 MHz
BrandingSports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsInfinity Sports Network
Green Bay Rockers
Ownership
Owner
WKRU, WOGB, WQLH
History
First air date
WDUZ: August 22, 1947
WDUZ-FM: 1993 (1993) (as WEZR)
Former call signs
WDUZ:
WNGB (2003–2004)
WDUZ-FM:
WEZR (1989–1999)
WXWX (1999–2003)
Call sign meaning
The station took its call sign and original slogan ("D-U-Z does it all") from Duz laundry soap, a popular product at the time of the station's founding[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility IDWDUZ: 25119
WDUZ-FM: 6861
ClassWDUZ: C
WDUZ-FM: C3
PowerWDUZ: 1,000 watts unlimited
ERPWDUZ-FM: 3,600 watts
HAATWDUZ-FM: 268 meters
Translator(s)WDUZ: 95.5 W238DA (Green Bay)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Listen Live via iHeart
Websitewww.thefan1075.com

WDUZ (1400 kHz) and WDUZ-FM (107.5 MHz) are radio stations serving the Green Bay, Wisconsin area, simulcasting a sports format as "Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan". The stations were owned by Clear Channel Communications, though they were still operated by their previous owner, Cumulus Media, who swapped ownership of both stations (and 3 other Green Bay signals) to Clear Channel in exchange for 2 Ohio stations in early 2009.[3] In August 2013, Clear Channel reached a deal to sell its Green Bay stations back to Cumulus.[4] The sale was consummated on December 31, 2013, at a price of $17,636,643.

WDUZ's studios and AM transmitter are located on Victoria Street in Green Bay, while the FM transmitter is located near Shirley in the Town of Glenmore.

WDUZ history

[edit]

WDUZ went on the air in 1947 under the ownership of Green Bay Broadcasting Company, formed by veteran Wisconsin broadcaster Ben A. Laird. The station's format until the 1990s consisted of an eclectic mix of music; during the late 1950s and much of the 1960s, early morning music consisted of a mix of polka and country music, easy listening and middle-of-the-road music during the daytime, and rock and roll music from 7 p.m. to midnight. News content on WDUZ included Paul Harvey's ABC Radio commentaries; Harvey had credited Ben Laird for suggesting to ABC Radio that Harvey's show should air nationwide on the network.[5] By the mid-1990s, WDUZ would morph into a mixed bag of adult contemporary music, news, sports, and talk radio, eventually going to full-time sports talk in July 1996 (as "Sports Radio 14 The Fan").</ref>[6] Cumulus Broadcasting purchased WDUZ and its sister station WQLH in the fall of 1999.</ref>[7]

In the 1970s and early 1980s, WDUZ sponsored the WDUZ Mod Squad, a community fund raiser basketball team that included Disc Jockeys and other local celebrities. They also sponsored a softball team under the same name.

In October 2003, Cumulus moved the WDUZ call letters and sports format to its station at 107.5 FM (the former WXWX) and turned 1400 AM into a talk radio station ("Super Talk 1400 WNGB"), a format that featured nationally syndicated talk programming such as shows from G. Gordon Liddy and Bill O'Reilly.[8][9] WNGB's ratings performance proved dismal, and in August 2004, Cumulus returned the WDUZ calls and sports talk format to 1400 AM, in a full simulcast with 107.5 (which remained WDUZ-FM).[10]

WDUZ-FM history

[edit]

Programming on the 107.5 FM frequency dates back to as far as February 1993, when it was a beautiful music/easy listening station under the WEZR call letters.[11] Around the mid-1990s, the format changed to smooth jazz while still under the WEZR call sign. Cumulus Broadcasting purchased the station in March 1998 and immediately dropped the jazz format. After a weekend of stunting with Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" (mixed in with Elton John's "Rocket Man"), WEZR became "The Planet 107-5," a mix of adult contemporary and eclectic rock, on March 23.[12] [13]

"The Planet" format lasted only one year. On April 1, 1999, Cumulus flipped WEZR (and its country music sister station in Appleton, 96.9 FM WUSW) to a modern rock simulcast as "97 and 107 The Fox." With that format flip, 107.5 would take the call letters WXWX (while WUSW changed to WWWX).[14]

The "Fox" simulcast lasted until October 2003, when Cumulus began simulcasting WDUZ's sports talk programming on 107.5. (WWWX would continue as a stand-alone rock station serving the Fox Cities area.)[15][16]

"The Fan" programming

[edit]

The WDUZ schedule emphasizes local sports talk programming. "The Fan" also featured some national talk and live event programming from ESPN Radio until dropping the network on January 2, 2013, and affiliating with Infinity Sports Network, which is distributed by Cumulus Media and whose schedule includes The Jim Rome Show, a longtime part of WDUZ's schedule (Rome was distributed by Premiere Networks before joining CBS Sports Radio).[17][18]

"The Fan" served as radio home of UW-Green Bay Phoenix men's and women's basketball until the 2013–2014 season. They are the Green Bay radio home for Wisconsin Badgers athletics and Marquette Basketball. The Fan also carries NFL games through Westwood One. From 2000 to 2004, both frequencies served as Green Bay's flagship stations for Green Bay Packers football. During that time, Milwaukee Brewers baseball and Milwaukee Bucks basketball also aired on "The Fan." The Packers, Brewers, and Bucks would all move over to Midwest Communications' sports-talker WNFL in 2005; the Packers and Brewers now air on its sister station, WTAQ.

References

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  1. ^ List of callsign meanings from WisconsinBroadcasting.com
  2. ^ WDUZ: 25119
    WDUZ-FM: 6861 "Facility Technical Data for WDUZ and WDUZ-FM"    . Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.     {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. ^ Ownership swap is in the works for 5 area radio stations - Green Bay Press-Gazette (released January 3, 2009)
  4. ^ "Ownership Of Green Bay Cluster Goes Back From Clear Channel To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  5. ^ "Warren Gerds column: Area radio stations shuffle lineups", from Green Bay Press-Gazette, March 9, 2009
  6. ^ Terry Anderson, "WDUZ: All sports, all day," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 13, 1996.
  7. ^ Warren Gerds, "Local stations WDUZ, WQLH on verge of new era," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, September 18, 1999.
  8. ^ "Packers broadcasts move to 107.5 FM," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, October 8, 2003.
  9. ^ Warren Gerds, "A guide to sorting out the Cumulus Media mix," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, October 25, 2003.
  10. ^ Warren Gerds, "Cost-conscious networks slow to expand HD broadcasts," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, August 30, 2004.
  11. ^ Warren Gerds, "WEZR's format is a hit with fans," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, February 27, 1993.
  12. ^ Warren Gerds, "Format fuss," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, March 27, 1998.
  13. ^ Kendra Meinert, "'98 shaping up as good year for '80s fans," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, March 26, 1998.
  14. ^ Kendra Meinert, "At 107.5 FM, it's crazy like a 'Fox'," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 8, 1999.
  15. ^ "Packers broadcasts move to 107.5 FM," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, October 8, 2003.
  16. ^ Warren Gerds, "A guide to sorting out the Cumulus Media mix," The Green Bay Press-Gazette, October 25, 2003.
  17. ^ "WGBW-AM picks up ESPN sports programming," from Green Bay Press-Gazette, January 1, 2013
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44°29′36″N 87°59′13″W / 44.49333°N 87.98694°W / 44.49333; -87.98694

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