WMBZ (FM)
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| City | West Bend, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | West Bend/Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Branding | 92.5 Buzz Country |
| Slogan | Wisconsin's Best Country |
| Frequency | 92.5 MHz |
| First air date | September 1958 (as WBKV-FM) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 17,500 watts |
| HAAT | 164 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 71542 |
| Callsign meaning | W M BuzZ |
| Former callsigns | WBKV-FM (1958-1988) WBWI-FM (1988-2015) WZRK (2/6/2015-2/9/2015) WBWI-FM (2/9/2015-2/18/2015) |
| Owner | David Magnum (Magnum Communications, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WIBD, WRJN, WVTY |
| Website | buzzcountry.com |
WMBZ (Buzz Country 92.5) is a country music-formatted radio station in West Bend, Wisconsin. They serve the greater Milwaukee area. WMBZ is owned by Wisconsin-based David Magnum, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., along with sister WIBD and Racine-based WRJN and WVTY. Its studios are in West Bend and the transmitter site is in Addison.
The station was originally WBKV-FM, an easy listening station. It was later known as "V92" and featured an automated adult contemporary and country format. On September 16, 1988, the station picked up the WBWI-FM call letters. WBWI-FM flipped to its current country format in late 1989/early 1990. For a few years it was known as "92 Country Rock" then "92 Country" before it was renamed to "Pure Country", a name they kept until 2004, when the station rebranded to simply "92.5 WBWI."
On June 25, 2014, Bliss Communications announced that it would sell WBWI-FM and WBKV, along with WRJN and WVTY (then WEZY) in Racine, to David Magnum's Magnum Communications, Inc. Bliss had owned WBWI and WBKV since 1970 (when WBWI was still WBKV-FM). The sale, at a price of $2.25 million, was consummated on October 31, 2014.
On February 9, 2015, WBWI-FM rebranded as "Buzz Country". On February 18, 2015, WBWI-FM changed their call letters to WMBZ.
Coordinates: 43°25′44″N 88°18′04″W / 43.429°N 88.301°W
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