Broadcast area | Calumet County Fox Cities |
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Frequency | 1520 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Silent |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WGBW | |
History | |
First air date | 1982 (as WMBE at 1530) |
Former call signs | WMBE (1982–2012) WLWB (2012–2015) WLAK (2015–2023) WVXN (2023) |
Former frequencies | 1530 kHz (1982–2021) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 6649 |
Class | D |
Power | 550 watts daytime only |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°4′26″N 88°10′47.4″W / 44.07389°N 88.179833°W |
Translator(s) | 93.9 W230DA (New Holstein) |
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Public license information |
WZBU (1520 AM) is a daytime-only radio station licensed to the Calumet County community of New Holstein, Wisconsin, the station serves the Appleton-Oshkosh area, located to the northwest of Chilton. The station is owned by Civic Media, Inc.
In October 2012, the then-WLWB was granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to move to a new transmitter site and increase power to 350 watts for daytime broadcasting only. Construction was completed in late July 2013.