WGBZ. 99.3 was now the primary Buzz frequency, with 105.5 as the simulcast. Later that year, the station added radio personality Shane Coyle as its main night DJ, following Ted Noah in the afternoons. Mike Ray "Big Daddy" was hired later on as well. A syndicated morning show, "Bob and Sherri" was added to the line up. This left nights and mid-days automated, as well as some weekend mornings. In less than a years' time, Shane Coyle's position was made automated, having only Ted Noah live in the afternoons. Another fill-in and weekend DJ was added to the line up: Ms. Kelly Rich, known on-air as "Kelly D-Vine". Kelly was the main mid-day weekend DJ and Noah's main fill in. TJ Thompson briefly hosted weekend shifts on the Buzz in 2001, usually Saturday afternoon/evening and Sunday afternoon. In late February 2002, Ted Noah resigned, passing Programming responsibilities to Rob Garcia, who also took over the afternoon time slot. With the resignation of Noah, Kelly Rich also resigned and removed herself completely from the broadcasting business. Within 2 months' time of Garcia acquiring the programming and on-air position, WZBZ, along with all its sister stations WGBZ, WMID and WMID-FM (the former WSJL/WJSX), were purchased by the competition. The new owner, Gary Fisher/Equity Broadcasting then changed the Dance format to Hip-Hop and R&B. Rob Garcia and Big Daddy Mike Ray remained on air. In 2007, the WGBZ calls on simulcast 105.5 were changed to WSNQ. On June 5, 2008, WZBZ flipped from rhythmic "99.3 The Buzz" to mainstream Top 40 Kiss FM brand as "99-3 Kiss FM." Days before the official format change, they silently started adding top 40 songs to their playlist. A week before Thanksgiving 2008, WZBZ started to remove Pop rock songs from their playlist and re-added more hip hop and R&B songs to all dayparts except overnights, which still had some pop rock. This change effectively reverted WZBZ back to the rhythmic CHR format, and was done in order to differentiate WZBZ from sister WAYV which has a pure, Mainstream CHR format. On December 5, R&R moved WZBZ back to the rhythmic airplay panel. In the fall of 2010, 99.3 Kiss FM was the highest rated station in the Atlantic City/Cape May, with Arbitron Ratings at 9.2. On March 8, 2013 at 12:00pm, the station re-branded to its former name "99.3 The Buzz." See also WGBZ References External