WDZZ-FM is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting an urban adult contemporary

Urban Adult Contemporary

Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...

 format, licensed to Flint, Michigan

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

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History

WDZZ was founded by Vernon Merritt in 1979 as the Flint area's first FM station to target African-American audiences, playing a mixture of disco music and jazz

Jazz

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 which eventually evolved into mainstream Urban Contemporary. It is believed that the call letters were a tribute to the song "Dazz

Dazz (song)

"Dazz" was a hit song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco and jazz. Released in 1976 from their Good High album, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart and reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles...

" by the group Brick

Brick (band)

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; "Dazz" was an amalgamation of "disco" and "jazz".

Before the signon of 92.7, WAMM 1420 now WFLT

WFLT

WFLT is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format. Licensed to Flint, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1955.As WAMM, 1420 AM was the area's premier African-American-oriented R&B station for years and also provided an early on-air job for future American Top 40 host Casey Kasem...

 served as Flint's Rhythm & Blues Station.

WDZZ would become Mainstream Urban with the addition of Hip Hop in 1989 and was using the Moniker "DZ93".

WDZZ has gone through several R&B formats including Mainstream Urban (including rap and hip-hop tracks) and Gospel on Sunday Mornings. The station is licensed for and broadcasts in HD Radio

HD Radio

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, the only one of Cumulus Media's Flint stations to do so.

In 1998 WDZZ, WWCK

WWCK-FM

WWCK-FM is a radio station in Flint, Michigan, broadcasting an adult-oriented Top 40 format. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and has programmed its current format since 1989.-Early History: WMRP:...

, and WRSR

WRSR

WRSR is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Owosso, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1965 under the WOAP-FM call sign.-Coverage area:...

were sold from Connoisseur to Cumulus Media.

Some DJ's included Evening Man Billy-T who also worked at FM98 WJLB in Detroit, as well as Sunday Morning Gospel Host Sam Williams.