WZRR

WZRR
Simulcast with WAPI Birmingham
Broadcast areaBirmingham metropolitan area
Frequency99.5 MHz
BrandingTalk 99.5
Programming
FormatNews/talk
AffiliationsABC News Radio
Westwood One
Auburn Sports Network
Ownership
Owner
WAPI, WJOX, WJOX-FM, WJQX, WUHT
History
First air date
December 1976 (47 years ago) (1976-12)
Former call signs
  • WVOK-FM (1976–1978)
  • WRKK (1978–1984)
  • WQUS (1984–1985)
  • WLTB (1985–1988)
Call sign meaning
W Z Rock and Roll (previous format)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID16899
ClassC0
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT309 meters (1,014 feet)
Repeater(s)1070 WAPI (Birmingham)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.talk995.com

WZRR (99.5 FM, "Talk 99.5") is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. It carries a news/talk format, simulcast with AM sister station WAPI.[2] WZRR is one of several Birmingham-area radio stations owned by Cumulus Media, with radio studios and offices on Goodwin Crest Drive in Homewood.[3]

WZRR and WAPI carry local talk shows during the day, but at night they run nationally syndicated shows from co-owned Westwood One including Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, Dan Bongino, Red Eye Radio and First Light. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC News Radio. It is also Central Alabama's radio home of Auburn Tigers athletics.

WZRR's transmitter is west of Red Mountain, off Spaulding Ishkooda Road.[4] It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, from a tower more than 1,000 feet (300 meters) in height above average terrain (HAAT). It broadcasts using HD Radio technology.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZRR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Cumulus Debuts FM Talker in Birmingham". 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ Talk995.com/station-information
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WZRR