City Abbeville, Alabama Branding Joy FM 94.3 First air date February 22, 1968 | Broadcast area Dothan, Alabama Frequency 94.3 MHz | |
Slogan "Dothan's Christian Music Station" | ||
WIZB (94.3 FM, "Joy FM 94.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Abbeville, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Radio Training Network, Inc.
It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian format to the Dothan, Alabama, area.
History
WIZB started as WARI-FM on February 22, 1968 as the sister station to WARI/1480. It changed callsigns to WXLE in 1976. In August 1985, Henry County Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WXLE to Abbeville Wireless Corporation. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on October 2, 1985, and the transaction was consummated on January 7, 1986.
The station was assigned the WIZB call letters by the FCC on April 2, 1986.
In July 1994, Abbeville Wireless Corporation reached an agreement to sell this station to Genesis Radio Company, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 8, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on November 25, 1994.
In March 2005, Celebration Communications Company, Inc. (Art Morris, acting chairman) reached an agreement to sell this station to Radio Training Network, Inc. (James L. Campbell, president/CEO) for a reported $288,416. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 29, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on May 26, 2005.