WUZZ (1280 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a classic country format, simulcasting WYLE 95.1 FM Grove City.
Transmitter facilities were located five miles southwest of downtown New Castle near Vance and Gilmore Roads in North Beaver Township.
With the move came the addition of nighttime power, and the elimination of a directional antenna pattern operation during the daytime.
However, the station would revert to directional antenna operation at night, and was required to reduce its power to a thousand watts.
However, the changeover would not take place until 1987, as WBZY was sold in December 1986 by Lawrence County Broadcasting Corp. to a partnership called WBZY Radio Sam (the "Sam" representing the surname initials of partners Samuel M. Shirey, William G. Andrews and Robert L. McCracken, who served as general manager under the previous owner beginning in 1982).
In April 2004, Clear Channel announced the sale of WKST along with WBZY and to Forever Broadcasting for $2.85 million [2], while WJST-FM and Grove City-based WICT were sold to Keymarket Communications of Pittsburgh, best known for the Froggy country music brand.
Various Penn State sports broadcasts take place on WJST as do many local high school football and basketball games.