WVBZ
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| City | Clemmons, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Branding | 105.7 Man Up! |
| Slogan | The Triad’s New Choice for Rock |
| Frequency | 105.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1947 (as WSIC-FM) |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| ERP | 30,000 watts |
| HAAT | 472 meters (1,549 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 501 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°22′28″N 80°22′31″W / 36.37444°N 80.37528°W |
| Callsign meaning | W V BuZz (previous branding) |
| Former callsigns | WSIC-FM (1947-?) WFMX (?-9/25/2006) WMKS (9/25/2006-1/3/2014) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WPTI, WMAG, WTQR, WMKS |
| Webcast | Listen LIve |
| Website | 1057manup.com |
WVBZ (105.7 FM, "105.7 Man Up!") is a mainstream rock radio station serving the Piedmont Triad region. The station is a part of iHeartMedia, Inc.'s cluster in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem market and is licensed to Clemmons, North Carolina. It has studio facilities and offices located on Pai Park in Greensboro, and a transmitter site is located atop Sauratown Mountain near Pinnacle, North Carolina.
105.7 FM, originally WFMX, was a well known and popular country station licensed to Statesville, North Carolina. WFMX was popular for its coverage of NASCAR, dubbing itself as "The Racin' Station". The station started service on May 3, 1947 as WSIC-FM. It, along with its sister station WSIC, was the first AM and FM radio station simulcast combo to sign on simultaneously in the nation.
The station is also credited as the first FM radio station in the United States to program the country music format.
While the call letters have no specific meaning, they were purchased by then owner Statesville Broadcasting Company from the American Broadcasting Company in New York in 1958.
Starting in the late 1980s, WFMX broadcast from a tower in Rowan County and its 100,000-watt signal covered the Charlotte, Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, and Raleigh-Durham markets. As a result the station would see their ratings show up in the Arbitrons in each of the three markets, yet they remained true to the roots of serving the Piedmont of North Carolina. The station's signal could, also, be heard in portions of South Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.
After Hurricane Hugo, WFMX broadcast from its transmitter site, since the studios had no power, using a panel truck. Information about affected areas was relayed to WFMX through ham radio.
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