WERC-FM

WERC-FM
Broadcast areaGreater Birmingham
Frequency105.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingNews Radio 105.5 WERC
Programming
FormatTalk
Subchannels
NetworkFox News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WDXB, WERC, WMJJ, WQEN
History
First air date
September 1993
(31 years ago)
 (1993-09)
Former call signs
  • WWIV (1992–1993)
  • WWBR (1993–1996)
  • WRAX (1996–1997)
  • WENN (1997–2008)
  • WVVB (2008–2009)
Former frequencies
105.9 MHz (1993–2005)
Call sign meaning
Derived from WERC
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID62278
ClassC2
ERP29,500 watts
HAAT190 meters (620 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°29′4.4″N 86°48′25.0″W / 33.484556°N 86.806944°W / 33.484556; -86.806944
Translator(s)
Repeater(s)960 WERC (Birmingham)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitewercfm.iheart.com

WERC-FM (105.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hoover, Alabama, and serving Greater Birmingham. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station WERC 960 AM. The studios and offices are in Beacon Ridge Tower on First Avenue South in Birmingham, off Interstate 65.

WERC-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 29,500 watts. The transmitter is atop Red Mountain, off Valley Avenue in Birmingham. WERC-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its digital subchannels carry urban gospel and urban adult contemporary formats, which in turn feed two FM translators.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WERC-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.