WBZZ Calls headed back to Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh:Radio Insight reports that the Albany station which recently held the WBZZ call letters dropped them earlier this month. CBS Radio has reportedly picked them up and they could be returning to the Pittsburgh region. It seems doubtful that the calls will return to 93.7, but the report suspects that the calls will end up on 100.7 which picked up some of the programming elements and personalities from the second incarnation of "B-94" when it changed to KDKA-FM last year. 100.7 is WZPT - a callsign it's held since 1994 when it flipped to an all-70s format known as "The Point" - and is licensed to New Kensington.
UPDATE 1/13: CBS confirmed the callsign change effective 1/19 with no other changes being made.
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Ohsnaps - January 12, 2011 at 08:04 am
Well…according to the same article this morning, it’s confirmed the old call letters are coming back to town. I am intrigued on how they are going to “re-image” the station. I think they may stay away from anything having to do “B” anything, perhaps maybe utilizing the “Z”...Maybe “Z100” or “Z100.7”
Dees - January 13, 2011 at 2:26 pm
I like that, they should get creative with the new call letters. What also works is if they could use most of the letters like, “100.7 the buzz”.
Joey b. - January 15, 2011 at 01:27 am