vertical and a new antenna tower at Dexter's Corner, Wisconsin. By autumn of 1969 Zion-Benton Broadcasting had changed the call letters to WKZN (for "Waukegan-Kenosha-Zion-Newport"). They referred to themselves on-air as "KZ97". The new ownership had ordered and installed a new Schafer automation system, then sold the three-year-old building and moved the WKZN studios to 2219 63rd Street in uptown Kenosha, which was built as a fire station. By 1971 WKZN was moved from Kenosha to combined WZBN-WKZN studios on the second floor of the Bicket Pharmacy (a former bank building constructed in 1909) at 2700 Sheridan Road in Zion. A second Schafer automation system was added for WZBN programming. In the early 1970s, music programming was the Adult Standards format which came from a broadcast music service on open-reel tape with PSAs and spots loaded into NAB Cartridge carousels. The AM and FM music playlists differed slightly, but the Bickets’ main focus was on providing ample local news covering a beat from North Chicago, Illinois through Kenosha. News/sports/weather reports were simulcast. The WAXO call letters were later issued to 1220 AM in Lewisburg, Tennessee, where they are still in use. WAXO's 1969 tower at Dexter's Corner is still in use by the station. Typical WAXO programming Sundial with Paul Weyrich The Mike is Yours with Larry Taylor Home Executive Club with Lida Hindley The Noon Report and Showtime with Don Jensen The Chuck Presley Show - Chuck Presley The Lou Rugani Show - Lou Rugani Sentimental Journey with Augie Gnorski (Gus Gnorski) Moondial with Jay Wells Passport to Italy with Mario Capponi Your Opinion Please with Roy Ambrose/Wayne Blackmon Sounds of Stereo (Chester Electronics)Gary Anderson/Dick Scott The Big Bands with Lew Strangberg Play By Play with Jim Wynne Invitation to Music with Wayne Blackmon The Frank Carmichael Show - Frank Carmichael The Hammond Organ Show with Lillian Crawford (and later, Lillian Gildenstern) WNIZ In 1983, WKZN was sold to Northern Illinois Broadcasting, the owners of WNIB (97.1 FM), which had been experiencing interference problems from WKZN's adjoining frequency. WKZN then became WNIZ, and simulcast nearly all of WNIB's programming until both stations were sold in 2000 for $158 million to the Bonneville broadcasting interests. On February 12, 2001, WNIB would begin stunting as a prelude to a change to classic hits a month later, while WNIZ became a simulcast of new sister station, WTMX. Call letters for 96.9 were