Radio 96.7 The Buzz (WSUB)

WRBZ-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. The station is owned by Washington County Chamber of Commerce, headed by Vito DiPaola. The station is managed by Christopher DiPaola. It's Vice President is Steve Conti, Assistant GM is Lana Weidner and Program Director is Lorren Kleinkauf. It airs an alternative rock format.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.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.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 then-WHBE (now WEHN in East Hampton, New York, from 96.7 MHz to 96.9 MHz.