please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message wcpz city sandusky ohio broadcast area sandusky port clinton ohio lake erie islands branding mix 102.7 frequency 102.7 mhz first air date august 15 1959 format hot adult contemporary erp 50 000 watts haat 41 meters class b facility id 19706 transmitter coordinates 41 26 28.00 n 82 41 14.00 w 41.4411111 n 82.6872222 w 41.4411111 ; 82.6872222 callsign meaning cedar point zone citation needed former callsigns wlec fm 1959 80 wcpz 1980 98 wmtx 1998 wmjk 1998 99 wcpz 1999 present owner bas broadcasting inc. bas broadcasting inc. sister stations wfro fm wlec wmjk wohf wttf webcast listen live website mix1027.com wcpz 102.7 fm branded mix 102.7 fm is a commercial hot adult contemporary radio station licensed to sandusky ohio serving sandusky port clinton and the lake erie islands region in north central ohio . wcpz is owned by bas broadcasting and in addition to a standard analog transmission the station is available online . history edit the station began as wlec fm on august 15 1959 and was the fm sister to am station wlec . 1 it became wcpz on may 19 1980 dubbed leisure 103 with a soft adult contemporary format . wcpz eventually migrated to a hot adult contemporary format as leisure rock 103 and later the fun point during the 1980s and had kept the format ever since . following the sale of the station to jacor communications in september 1996 wcpz eventually took the mix banner used by jacor s other hot ac stations in the region notably the now defunct wvmx in cincinnati and wmvx in cleveland . as a result the call letters changed to wmtx on april 24 1998 with the wcpz calls moving to the 100.9 facility in clyde today wmjk . the station regained the wcpz calls on september 9 1999 but kept use of the mix banner on all other times . wmjk fm licensed to clyde ohio as classic rocker 100.9 the coast now country station 100.9 coast country along with wlec am and wcpz fm made up clear channel s vacationland cluster having succeeded jacor in 1999 . on november 16 2006 wcpz wlec and wmjk were announced for sale as part of clear channel s divestiture of almost 450 small and middle market radio properties in the u.s. the cluster was sold on january 15 2008 to fremont based bas broadcasting and bas took over all three stations on february 1 . wcpz was expected to drop the mix name following the sale as the mix moniker is used on many clear channel stations ; however it did not . bas broadcasting did however replace most local programming with the ac active format from waitt radio networks now dial global local . the morning show hosted by longtime local radio personality randy hugg remains live and local . 2 not in citation given references edit http www.americanradiohistory.com hd2 archive bc yb idx 70s ocr yb 1973 yb 1973 bc yb ocr page 0333.pdf about us mix 1027 . com external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wcpz radio locator information on wcpz query nielsen audio s fm station database for wcpz v t e radio stations in the sandusky port clinton ohio lake erie islands region by am frequency 1430 1450 1510 1600 by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.1 89.5 90.5 90.7 90.9 92.1 93.3 95.3 96.1 97.7 99.1 100.9 102.7 by callsign w227bj wcpz wfob wfro fm wggn whei whrq whvt wkfm wlec wlkr wlkr fm wmjk wnrk wnzn wohf wshb wttf wvms defunct stations wfro ohio radio markets akron canton cincinnati cleveland columbus dayton lima marietta toledo youngstown warren other ohio radio regions ashtabula ironton mid ohio sandusky southern ohio wheeling steubenville see also southwestern ontario radio list of radio stations in ohio this article about a radio station in ohio is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wcpz & oldid 654912186 categories 1959 establishments in ohiohot adult contemporary radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1959radio stations in ohioohio radio station stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015all articles with failed verificationarticles with failed verification from april 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 april 2015 at 13 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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