meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message wsub lp city ashaway rhode island broadcast area southern rhode island southeastern connecticut branding 96 7 the buzz slogan your home of buzzcuts frequency 96.7 mhz first air date february 7 2004 format alternative rock erp 100 watts haat 30 meters class l1 facility id 124671 transmitter coordinates 41 24 43 n 71 44 59 w 41.41194 n 71.74972 w 41.41194 ; 71.74972 former callsigns wrbz lp wctd lp wblq lp wycm lp 1 owner the buzz alternative radio foundation inc. webcast wsub lp webstream website wsub lp online wsub lp 96.7 fm is a radio station licensed to the community of ashaway rhode island . it serves the greater westerly rhode island region as well as part of southern rhode island and southeastern connecticut . 2 the station is owned by the buzz alternative radio foundation inc. headed by jaime dipaola . the station is managed by christopher dipaola . its vice president is steve conti assistant gm is lana weidner and program director is lorren kleinkauf . 3 it airs an alternative rock format . the station has been assigned the wsub lp call letters by the federal communications commission since february 9 2011 and its nickname is 96.7 the buzz . 1 contents 1 history 2 move to 1230 am 3 references 4 external links history edit on february 7 2004 this low power fm station first signed on as wctd lp at 96.9 fm . the station aired an all disco all the time music format . branded as 96.9 the party the station s slogan was you re always invited to our party . at sign on the station could be heard in parts of southwestern rhode island and southeastern connecticut . when it signed on this station was the only 24 hour disco station in the northeastern united states . 2 in december 2005 wctd lp changed call letters to wblq lp after sister station wblq switched to wkiv as part of its three year lma arrangement with the k love station group . 4 in march 2006 the station was granted a change in frequency from 96.9 mhz to 96.7 mhz to reduce interference caused by the then recent move of whbe now wehn in east hampton new york from 96.7 mhz to 96.9 mhz . 5 move to 1230 am edit in may 2007 rhode island public broadcasting reached an agreement to sell wxni to chris dipaola s diponti communications for a reported 350 000 . 6 the am station will also switch to the wblq call sign . in december 2007 diponti communications filed for transfer of the wxni license . owner chris dipaola told northeast radio watch that once the transfer is complete that the programming aired on wblq lp moved to the more powerful am signal and the lpfm had flipped to a contemporary christian format with the call letters wycm lp your christian mix with the assistance of the folks at wycm in charlton massachusetts . 7 after steven binley and wycm decided to focus on his worcester massachusetts radio station 96.7 changed call letters and format once again . 96.7 changed its call sign to wrbz lp with an alternative rock format and the moniker 96.7 the buzz . chris dipaola was also an officer and director of southern rhode island public radio broadcasting which owned wkiv purchased from that corporation by educational media foundation in march 2008 also in westerly . 3 wblq lp changed its call sign to wycm lp on november 26 2009 . wycm lp changed its call sign to wrbz lp on november 24 2010 . wrbz lp changed its call sign to wsub lp on february 9 2011 . wxni switched to wblq on november 29 2009 1 soon after the sale of wxni closed . references edit a b c call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . a b needham cynthia 2004 01 20 . westerly r.i. radio station will try to fill the all disco vacuum . . providence journal . a b taylor tom december 20 2007 . this rhode island non commercial am finds a local non com buyer pdf . taylor on radio info . radio info.com . archived from the original pdf on february 7 2012 . fybush scott 2005 12 19 . december 19 2005 wcrb s fate becomes clearer . northeast radio watch . fybush scott 2006 04 03 . april 3 2006 wkhl drops oldies for coast ac . northeast radio watch . fybush scott 2007 05 28 . may 28 2007 expensive free fm experiment ends . northeast radio watch . fybush scott 2007 12 24 . december 24 2007 wamc backs down in noncomm fight . northeast radio watch . external links edit 96 7 the buzz online wblq lp official website query the fcc s fm station database for wsub radio locator information on wsub lp query nielsen audio s fm station database for wsub v t e radio stations in the new london connecticut market by am frequency 980 1180 1230 1310 by fm frequency 88.1 89.1 90.9 92.9 94.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 100.9 102.3 105.5 106.5 southern rhode island 95.9 99.3 103.7 107.7 long island new york 89.9 94.9 104.7 by callsign w233ag w258bi 1 wblq wbmw wcni wcty wdup lp welj wich wjjf wkiv wknl wmnp wmos wnlc 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