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(Greenfield, MA) Saga Communications of New England, LLC has bought WIZZ Radio AM 1520 & FM 100.5 and it will continue airing an oldies station on the same frequencies. The owner-operator, morning voice, and radio legend of WIZZ radio, Phil Drumheller, is retiring after over 65 years in the radio broadcast industry. From the 1950’s at Mountain Park in Holyoke, to WHYN and Friday Nights on WHAI “Phil D” has done it all. He dreamed of owning his own station and he got it done.
Drumheller purchased WGAM in Greenfield in 2003 and created WIZZ radio. “He has seen and created much of the history of independent radio in Springfield and western Massachusetts,” said one of his colleagues.
WIZZ has been playing nostalgic music from the past seven decades for almost 20 years, reaching Western Massachusetts through AM, FM, and online streaming. As a sister station of WHAI, The Outlaw, EZ107.5 and Bear Country, WIZZ will continue to reach its loyal and responsive audience with the oldies they love.