WDUZ
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| City of license | WDUZ: Green Bay, Wisconsin WDUZ-FM: Brillion, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Branding | "Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan" |
| Frequency | WDUZ: 1400 KHz WDUZ-FM: 107.5 MHz |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Owner | Cumulus Broadcasting |
| Website | thefan1075.com |
WDUZ (1400 AM) and WDUZ-FM (107.5 FM) are radio stations serving the Green Bay, Wisconsin area. The stations are both owned by Cumulus Broadcasting and simulcast a sports talk format as "Sports Radio 107.5 and 1400 The Fan."
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[edit] WDUZ-AM History
Until the 1990s, WDUZ-AM's format included contemporary music and news programming. WDUZ-AM was also the former home of Paul Harvey's ABC Radio commentaries. By the mid 1990's, WDUZ would morph into a mixed bag of music, news, sports, and talk radio, eventually going to full-time sports talk in the latter half of the decade (as "Sports Radio 1400 The Fan"). Cumulus Broadcasting purchased WDUZ and its sister station WQLH in 1999.
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. 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).
[edit] WDUZ-FM History
(It should first be noted that the this version of WDUZ-FM is different from another station that once had the same identification, a station now known as WQLH.)
Programming on the 107.5 FM frequency dates back to as far as the mid 1990s, when it was a smooth jazz station under the WLWR call letters. Cumulus Broadcasting purchased the station in March 1998 and immediately dropped the jazz format. After a weekend of stunting with Orson Wells' "War of the Worlds" (mixed in with Elton John's "Rocket Man"), the station became "The Planet 107-5," a mix of adult contemporary and eclectic rock.
"The Planet" format lasted only one year. On April 1, 1999, Cumulus flipped WLWR (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).
The "Fox" simulcast lasted until October 2003, when Cumulus moved the WDUZ call letters and sports talk programming (see above) to 107.5. (WWWX would continue as a stand-alone rock station serving the Fox Cities area.) Sports talk continues to this day on 107.5, even with the simulcast with WDUZ-AM.
[edit] "The Fan" Programming
The stations' schedule features local sports talk programming along with the nationally syndicated "Jim Rome Show," as well as national sports talk and live event programming from ESPN Radio. "The Fan" also serves as the Green Bay radio home for Wisconsin Badgers athletics.
From 2000 to 2004, both stations 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. Packers and Brewers games will move over to WTAQ next season.
[edit] External Links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WDUZ
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WDUZ
- "The Fan" website
Green Bay: WOCO 1260 | WTAQ 1360 | WDUZ 1400 | WNFL 1440
Door County, Wisconsin: WDOR 910
Appleton-Oshkosh-Fond du Lac: WVCY 690 | WJOK 1050 | WHBY 1150 | WMRH 1170 | WNAM 1280 | KFIZ 1450 | WOSH 1490 | WMBE 1530 | WRJQ 1570 | WRPN 1600 | WJNW 1700
Sheboygan-Manitowoc: WCLB 950 | WCUB 980 | WOMT 1240 | WHBL 1330 | WJUB 1420 | WTRW 1590
| FM radio stations serving Green Bay (Arbitron #185) |
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Green Bay (Including Appleton): |
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Door County, Wisconsin:
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