WZRR is a classic rock FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. Its on-air name is Classic Rock 99.5. It is the flagship station of the Alabama Crimson Tide college football and college basketball radio network. It is the Birmingham affiliate of the John Boy and Billy network. The station is owned by Citadel Communications. Other stations in the market that Citadel owns include WYSF-FM (94.5), 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... Flag Seal Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Alabama Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 151. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Alabama Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 151. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 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. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ... 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. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ... Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation which represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Alabama Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 151. ... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA, or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... A college football game between Colorado State University and the Air Force Academy. ... College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. // History The game of basketball was devised by James Naismith in 1891. ... Citadel Broadcasting Corporation NYSE: CDL is a Las Vegas, Nevada based broadcast holding company. ... WYSF is an adult contemporary FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. ... WRAX is an alternative rock FM radio station licensed to Helena, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ... WUHT is a Hot Urban Adult Contemporary radio station that serves the Birmingham area. ... WJOX is an AM radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. ... WAPI (Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) is a Chinese National Standard for Wireless LAN (GB 15629. ... Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ...

History

The station broadcasting at 99.5 FM in Birmingham first signed on in 1977 as WVOK-FM. K-99, as the station was called, was Birmingham’s first full-time album rock station; previously, WJLN-FM (now WZZK) and WERC-FM (now WBPT) dabbled in that format on a part-time basis. K-99 played an eclectic mix of rock songs from artists of the 1960’s and 1970’s, and was a ratings success. When its AM sister station WVOK-AM (now WJOX) was sold in 1978, the call letters of the FM station were changed to WRKK, but the K-99 handle was retained. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... WBPT is a classic hits FM radio station licensed to Homewood, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ... WJOX is an AM radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. ...

In 1981, WAPI-FM (now WYSF) changed its format from easy listening to album rock, thus giving Birmingham two stations in the same format. This continued until the next year, when the new owners of WRKK changed the station’s format to country music. The on-air name of the station was modified to “K-99 Country’’. Competing against market leader WZZK, the new WRKK was not successful. In an attempt to change K-99’s fortunes, in 1984, the call letters were changed to WQUS, and the on-air name of the station was changed to U.S. 99. Neither the new name nor the hiring of the popular Birmingham morning drive team of Tommy Charles and John Ed Willoughby improved the fortunes of the station. WYSF is an adult contemporary FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began...

In 1985, U.S. 99 dropped country music and changed its call letters to WLTB. Lite 99 was a soft adult contemporary station, but was no more successful than its predecessor. At 6:00 p.m. on Christmas Day, 1988, the 99.5 frequency became the new home of classic rock in Birmingham, with the new call letters of WZRR and the new on-air name Rock 99. The station has stayed true to its format since then. In 1995, the on-air name of the station was changed to "Classic Rock 99.5". From 2002 until the next year it was known as “99.5 the Buzzard”, and in 2003, the name was changed again, this time to “Rock 99.5”, using basically the same logo as it did in the late 1980’s. 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. ... Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, at the first Christmas Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ...

External links

• Official Website of Classic Rock 99.5
• Official Website of John Boy and Billy
• Official Website of University of Alabama Athletics

The very first song that was played under the 'WZRR' moniker on Christmas Day, 1988 was "Alright Now" by Free.