WIZF

WIZF
City	Erlanger, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Cincinnati, Ohio
Branding	101.1 The Wiz
Slogan	"Cincinnati's #1 Source For Hip-Hop and R&B, And The New Home Of The Rickey Smiley Morning Show"
Frequency	101.1 MHz
Format	Rhythmic Contemporary
ERP	2,500 watts
HAAT	155 meters
Class	A
Callsign meaning	A tribute to the Black musical "The WIZ"
Former frequencies	100.9 MHz (1987-2006)
Owner	Radio One (Blue Chip Broadcasting Licenses, Ltd.)
Sister stations	WDBZ, WIZF, WOSL
Website	www.wiznation.com

WIZF (101.1 FM) A.K.A. "101.1 The Wiz" is a Rhythmic Contemporary radio station licensed to Erlanger, Kentucky serving the Cincinnati area. The station plays an Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop, Reggae and Gospel hip-hop music. The station is owned and operated by Radio One. It broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 2500 watts. Its studios are located at Centennial Plaza in Downtown Cincinnati and the transmitter site is west of the downtown area.

Prior to becoming WIZF in 1987, this frequency held the call letters WHKK and had a religious format.

On Friday July 14, 2006 WIZF changed frequencies from 100.9 FM to 101.1 FM, but kept "The Wiz" as their iconic station's nickname.

WIZF is the official syndicated home to The Rickey Smiley Morning Show since 2016.

Pat Garrett has been the voice of WIZF since the station's debut in 1987 all the way to 2015.

WIIZ The Wiz 97.9 in Augusta also goes by the name The Wiz and carries the Russ Parr Morning Show as well but is unrelated due to different ownerships

External links

Station website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WIZF

Radio-Locator information on WIZF

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WIZF

Radio One

Key people

Cathy Hughes (Chairman and CEO)

Radio shows

The Tom Joyner Morning Show (via Reach Media under contract)
Russ Parr Morning Show (via AURN)
The Yolanda Adams Morning Show
The Donnie Simpson Show

Radio stations

Mainstream urban	KBFB KBXX WCDX WCKX WENZ WERQ-FM WGPR¹ WHHL WHTA WIZF WKYS WQNC WQOK

Urban adult contemporary	KMJQ WAMJ WBMO WDMK WFXC WFXK WKJM WKJS WMMJ WRNB WTLC-FM WUMJ WWIN-FM WXMG WZAK

Urban gospel	WJMO WJYD WNNL WPPZ-FM WPRS-FM WPZE WPZR WPZS WPZZ WTLC WWIN WYCB

Urban talk	WCHB WDBZ WERE WOL WOLB WTPS

CHR	WNOW-FM

Rhythmic CHR	WHHH

Rhythmic Oldies	WFUN-FM WOSF WOSL

Classic hip hop	KROI KSOC WPHI-FM W275BK

China Radio International	WILD

Other

WDNI-CD (Telemundo) TV One Interactive One

¹ Owned by International Free and Accepted Modern Masons and operated by Radio One under an LMA.

Radio stations in the Cincinnati, Ohio market

By AM frequency	550 700¹ 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530¹ 1560

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KIH42 W233BG WAIF WAKW WAOL WCKY¹ WCNW WCVG WCVX WDBZ WDJO WEBN WFCJ WFTK WGRI WGRR WGUC WHKO WHSS WIOK WIZF WJVS WKFS WKID WKRC WKRQ WLHS WLW¹ WMKV WMOH WMUB WMWX WNKN WNKR WNKU WNLT WNNF WNOP WOBO WOFX-FM WOSL WOXY WPFB WRBI WREW WRRM WSAI WSCH WUBE-FM WVQC-LP WVXU WYGY WZDA

Defunct	WJVS (88.3 FM) WLMH (89.1 FM) WAQZ (97.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus, IN Columbus, OH Dayton Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Coordinates: 39°06′18″N 84°33′25″W / 39.105°N 84.557°W / 39.105; -84.557

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