WYSF is an adult contemporary FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. It is the flagship station of the Rick and Bubba radio network, and it carries John Tesh’s syndicated nighttime radio show. It is the Birmingham affiliate of the Auburn Tigers Football Network. Since October 2001, it has been called “Y 94.5.” The station is owned by Citadel Communications. Other stations in the market that Citadel owns include WZRR-FM (99.5), WRAX-FM (100.5), WUHT-FM (107.7), WJOX-AM (690) and WAPI-AM (1070). Citadel also owns WTUG-FM (92.9) from Tuscaloosa, whose signal covers much of the Birmingham market. In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A slogan is a memorable phrase used in a political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A megahertz (MHz) is one million (106) hertz, a measure of frequency. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... Citadel Broadcasting Corporation NYSE: CDL is a Las Vegas, Nevada based broadcast holding company. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation which represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Rick Burgess and Bill Bubba Bussey are two syndicated comedic radio morning DJs based in Birmingham, Alabama. ... John Tesh (born July 9, 1952) is an American new age/contemporary Christian musician. ... The Auburn Tigers are the sports representatives of Auburn University. ... Citadel Broadcasting Corporation NYSE: CDL is a Las Vegas, Nevada based broadcast holding company. ... WUHT is a Hot Urban Adult Contemporary radio station that serves the Birmingham area. ... WJOX is an AM radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. ... // Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ...

History

The 94.5 frequency first signed on in Birmingham in the 1950’s as WAFM. It was a sister station to WAPI-TV Channel 13 (now WVTM) and WAPI-AM. All three broadcast properties were owned by Advance Publications, the parent company of The Birmingham News. In the early ‘70’s, WAPI-FM played ‘’solid gold” music (an early version of the adult contemporary format). In 1978, the station became an easy listening music station, calling itself “Beautiful 94”, moving it in competition with WQEZ (now WMJJ). 13 WVTM Birmingham Known as NBC 13 WVTM 13 signed on in 1949. ... Advance Publications is owned by the descendants of Samuel I. Newhouse. ... The Birmingham News is a the daily newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, and the largest newspaper in Alabama. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... WMJJ, Magic 96. ...

Federal Communications Commission rules enacted in the late 1970’s forced Advance Publications to sell its TV and radio properties in Birmingham. In 1980, Channel 13 and was sold to Times-Mirror Broadcasting, while the radio stations were sold to Dittman Broadcasting, owners of WABB AM and FM in Mobile. In 1981, Beautiful 94 switched formats, and became Birmingham’s second album rock station with the new name 95 Rock. The FCCs official seal. ... WABB - The #1 Hit Music Station - is the heritage Top 40 radio station in Mobile, Alabama, owned by Bernie Dittman since 1959. ... Motto: Nickname: The Azalea City Map Political Statistics Founded 1702 Incorporated 1814 Mobile County Mayor Sam Jones Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 412. ...

During the mid-1980’s, the Top 40 format, which had disappeared from radio dials in many cities, regained popularity. Birmingham had one Top 40 station, WKXX (now WBPT). In 1984, the album rock format was dropped in favor Top 40, first calling itself 95 FM. By the end of the year, WAPI-FM was re-launched as I-95, calling itself “Birmingham’s Hit Rock”. Within a year, I-95 had replaced WKXX as the dominant Top 40 station in Birmingham. Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... WBPT is a classic hits FM radio station licensed to Homewood, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ...

I-95 continued to enjoy dominant ratings throughout the remainder of the 1980’s and into the 1990’s. However, the nationwide decline in popularity of the Top 40 format affected I-95. In 1994, the station changed call letters to WMXQ (“Mix 94.5”) and became a hot adult contemporary music station. Mix 94.5 was no more successful than I-95 had been in its latter stages, so in October 1996, the station once again changed formats and became a soft adult contemporary station with the new name “Soft Rock 94.5”. The call letters were changed to its current WYSF in November of the same year. Television ads for the new station featured actress Teri Garr. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Teri Garr (born December 11, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a United States actor. ...

In 1999, the morning drive team of Rick and Bubba moved from crosstown station WQEN to WYSF, where they remain today. In 2001, the station renamed itself Y-94.5, with no real change in its music. Rick Burgess and Bill Bubba Bussey are two syndicated comedic radio morning DJs based in Birmingham, Alabama. ...

External links

• Official Website of Y-94.5
• Official Website of Rick and Bubba