WBOW moved to 640 AM, giving it a better signal and wider coverage. The 1230 frequency became WBFX with an album-oriented rock format, and in 1995, it became WZZQ, simulcasting 107.5 FM. WZZQ became WBUZ in 2000, maintaining the FM simulcast. License cancellation In 1982, then-WBOW and WBOQ were sold to Contemporary Media, Inc. The president of Contemporary Media was Michael S. Rice. In 1994, Rice was convicted of sexually abusing five teenagers in Missouri. The next year, in light of the felony conviction, the Federal Communications Commission opened a hearing to revoke the licenses of all five stations owned by Contemporary Media and its sister companies, Contemporary Broadcasting and Lake Broadcasting, which also owned FM stations in Columbia, Missouri (KFMZ) and Eldon, Missouri (KBMX), as well as two additional unbuilt stations in the same state. In 1997, an FCC administrative law judge ruled that the licenses should be revoked. The FCC affirmed the decision in March 1998. Rice appealed, losing in federal appeals court. In March 2001, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. All Contemporary stations ceased operations by FCC order on October 4, 2001. Incidentally, WBUZ was the second station by that call sign to have had its license revoked; another WBUZ in Fredonia, New York had lost its license in 1991. Reuse of the 1230 frequency On June 14, 2011, the Bott Broadcasting Company obtained the construction permit for 1230 AM in Terre Haute as WYGJ. With three months before the permit was to expire, in March 2014, Bott sold the permit to Midwest to relocate WIBQ from 1300 to 1230. References External links FCC History Cards for WBOW (Facility ID 13730) Radio stations established in 1927 Radio stations disestablished in 2001 BOW 1230 Defunct radio stations in the United States 1927 establishments in Indiana 2001 disestablishments in Indiana BOW 1230