WAZY-FM

WAZY FM (96.5 MHz "Z96 5") is a radio station in Lafayette, Indiana, owned by William Fielder, III's Coastal Television, through licensee CTI License LLC, as part of a cluster with Fox/NBC affiliate WPBI LD, ABC affiliate WPBY LD, and sister radio stations WBPE, WSHY and WYCM. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 96.5 MHz, FM channel 243. The studios are located at 3824 South 18th Street in Lafayette.

WAZY FM broadcasts from a 499 foot tower near Greenhill, Indiana. Originally the radio station broadcast at 96.7 MHz. By 1978, WAZY FM had moved to 96.5 mHz, with an increase in power from 3,000 watts to 50,000 watts. WAZY FM is the flagship station for Purdue University Football.

Owned by WAZY Radio Inc., WAZY FM signed on the air October 1, 1964. Hal Youart, later the station's general manager, was widely regarded as the person who grew WAZY FM into the successful station it was. As the radio station began to grow, the sister AM station's influence lessened. Some of the talent and programming staff that worked for WAZY in the 1970s moved on to become programmers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. The tide really turned for the station when it flipped its top forty by day and AOR by night format to all Top Forty. Jeffrey Jay Weber, who later became one of the first PD's to make the move directly to GM when he left the station to go to an AM FM in Terre Haute, was instrumental in the station's growth in the late seventies, along with jocks like Bobby Day, Dan Michaels, Lou Patrick, Scott Dugan, Bob Leonard, Keith Harris and Steve West. By 1980, WAZY was being programmed separately from WAZY FM. The AM sister station format shifted to adult MOR. Lightfoot Broadcasting acquired WAZY FM, along with the AM sister station now using the call letters WFTE on January 7, 1982. During the period, WAZY FM became its former Z96 name. In 1984, WAZY FM became an affiliate of American Top 40 with Casey Kasem. RadioVision Partners Ltd., later named University Broadcasting, now known as Artistic Media Partners acquired WAZY FM in October 1986. Thomm Kristi was program Director. Steve Brigandi was news director. History making ratings (36 share) were achieved in the '80s with Jim Stacy as program director, and talent including Steve West (mornings), Steve Louizos, Dr. Dave (Dave Gross), which was featured on the cover of Friday Morning Quarterback. In 1995 under program director John Flint (Harrison), WAZY FM switched from a top 40 format to a hot adult contemporary format, positioning the station as, "The Best Of the 80's and 90's." In the fall of 2000, WAZY FM leadership decided to soften its musical approach and flipped to adult contemporary. On March 16, 2001, just 6 months after the switch to AC, WAZY FM returned to the Contemporary Hits Radio (Top 40) format. It remained 96.5 WAZY until September 28, 2006, when it switched to "Lafayette's #1 Hit Music Station Z96 5". In 2004, Artistic Media Partners, as a part of company wide sports programming realignment initiative, moved Purdue University Football and Men's Basketball off WAZY FM to their classic rock sister station, WSHP, and the following year to country sister, WLFF. This resulted in two frequency flip flops between WLFF and WSHP in a less than 18 months. Beginning in the fall of 2007, WAZY FM once again became the flagship station for Purdue football. Brandon Adams is the current WAZY FM program director, and has been in the position since June 2021. He also hosts "B Adams in the Morning" weekdays on the station from 6 AM 10 AM. Artistic Media Partners sold its Lafayette stations to Star City Broadcasting, owner of WPBI LD (channel 16), in 2016. The transfer to Lafayette TV, LLC was completed on January 3, 2017.

WAZY FM currently plays a contemporary hit radio format. WAZY FM is a local primary source 2 for the Indiana Emergency Alert System. WAZY FM is currently streaming online at their website.

On February 16, 1987, WAZY FM became a former affiliate of ABC News Radio.