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Encyclopedia > WZZK
WZZK
City of license Birmingham, Alabama
Broadcast area Birmingham and north-central Alabama
Branding 104.7 WZZK
First air date 1948, as WJLN
Frequency 104.7 MHz
Format Country
ERP 100,000 watts
Class C0
Callsign meaning Possibly a tribute to WZZN, an FM rock station in Jackson, Mississippi
Owner Cox Radio
Website www.wzzk.com

WZZK is a country music FM radio station licensed to Birmingham that serves northern and central Alabama. It was the first FM station in Birmingham to switch to country music, and throughout much of the 1980’s and 90’s was the top-rated radio station in Birmingham. The station is owned by Cox Radio. Other stations in the market that Cox owns include WBHJ-FM (95.7), WNCB-FM (97.3), WBHK-FM (98.7), WBPT-FM (106.9), WAGG-AM (610) and WPSB-AM (1320). Its transmitter is located atop Red Mountain in Birmingham. 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, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the bottom 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. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... 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, equal to one joule per second. ... 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... Nickname: The Best of the New South; The Bold, New City Coordinates: Country United States State Mississippi County Hinds Founded 1822 Mayor Frank Melton Area    - City 276. ... Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded at Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... 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, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded at Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. ... WBHJ, known locally over the air, 95. ... WNCB is an FM radio station licensed to Gardendale, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. ... WBHK is an urban adult contemporary radio station owned by Cox Broadcasting that serves Birmingham. ... WBPT is a classic hits FM radio station licensed to Homewood, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ...


History

The 104.7 frequency was originally put on the air as the sister station of WJLD-AM (1400). It signed on in 1948 as WJLN-FM and originally repeated the rhythm and blues music format of the AM station. By the end of the 1960’s, WJLN began playing progressive rock music at night, while continuing the daytime simulcast of WJLD.


In 1973, the call letters of WJLN were changed to WZZK. With the new call letters, WZZK became a full-time album rock station. The station’s main competitor in this format was WERC-FM. However, the station failed to attract a significant listening audience. In 1977, WVOK-FM (K-99) made its on-air debut as an album rock station, forcing WZZK to abandon the format a year later. WBPT is a classic hits FM radio station licensed to Homewood, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ... WZRR is a classic rock FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. ...


In 1978, WZZK changed formats and became Birmingham’s first FM country music station, challenging long-time market leader WYDE-AM. Initially, the new WZZK was automated, with no live studio announcers. The station began adding announcers in 1980 and began to assert itself in the Birmingham market. By 1982, the success of WZZK forced WYDE to drop the country music it had had since 1963. Throughout most of the 1980’s and 90’s WZZK was ranked no lower than #3 in the Birmingham Arbitron ratings, despite challenges from first WQUS, then from WBMH, later WIKX. Neither station made a significant impact; in fact the parent company of WZZK bought WIKX in 1991 and changed its format. Arbitron is a radio audience research company in the United States. ... WZRR is a classic rock FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. ... WBPT is a classic hits FM radio station licensed to Homewood, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ...


In 1985, the first of two AM stations that had the WZZK call letters made its debut. Longtime Top 40 powerhouse WSGN (610) was purchased, and began a simulcast that continued until 1998. The AM station is now one of the more successful urban gospel stations in Birmingham. In 2003, the second WZZK-AM debuted as a classic country station at 1320 AM. The second WZZK-AM changed formats in January 2006 and is today an urban talk radio station. Amplitude modulation (AM) is a form of modulation in which the amplitude of a carrier wave is varied in direct proportion to that of a modulating signal. ... WAGG is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, broadcasting at 610 AM. Its daytime power is 5,000 watts, and at nighttime, it broadcasts at 1,000 watts. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... January is the first month of the year and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The most serious and successful challenge to WZZK’s dominance came in 1994, when WZBQ, a station licensed to Jasper that had previously targeted the Tuscaloosa area, moved its studios to Birmingham and relaunched itself as WOWC. The new competitor, by then having the new call letters WDXB, gradually began chipping away at WZZK’s audience, and in 2002 began broadcasting from atop Red Mountain in Birmingham, where most of the market’s FM stations have their broadcast towers located. As of 2006, WZZK and WDXB are the two dominant country music stations in Birmingham. Neither station has a significant ratings advantage over the other. WDXB, known on the air as “102-5 the Bull”, is a Clear Channel-owned country FM radio station licensed to Jasper, Alabama that serves Birmingham and north-central Alabama. ... Jasper is a city located in Walker County, Alabama. ... Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ... WDXB, known on the air as “102-5 the Bull”, is a Clear Channel-owned country FM radio station licensed to Jasper, Alabama that serves Birmingham and north-central Alabama. ... Red Mountain is the place where Gary is always the Man. ...


External links


FM Radio stations serving the Birmingham / Tuscaloosa / Anniston/ Gadsden area (Arbitron #56 and 234)
Birmingham

WBRC 87.7¹ | WLJR 88.5 | WBFR 89.5 | WBHM 90.3 | WJSR 91.1 (covers the northern half of the city) | WVSU 91.1 (covers the southern half of the city) | WGIB 91.9/101.5 | WPHC 92.5 | WDJC 93.7 | WYSF 94.5 | WBHJ 95.7 | WMJJ 96.5 | WNCB 97.3 | WKLD 97.7 (Oneonta: covers northern suburbs) | WHPH 97.7 (Jemison: covers southern suburbs) | WBHK 98.7 | WZRR 99.5 | WJOX 100.5 | WYDE 101.1 | WDXB 102.5 | WQEN 103.7 | WZZK 104.7 | WENN 105.5 | WBPT 106.9 | WUHT 107.7 To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 151. ... Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ... Nickname: The Model City Location in Alabama Coordinates: County Calhoun Settled April 1872 Incorporated 3 July 1883 Mayor Hoyt W. “Chip” Howell, Jr. ... The Spirit of American Citizenship Monument on Rainbow Drive (US 411), just before the Broad Street Bridge. ... WBRC TV, channel 6, FOX6 is the Fox O&O Station in the Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa, Alabama television market. ... WBHM-FM, 90. ... WGIB is an FM radio station in Birmingham, Alabama broadcasting at 91. ... WDJC is an FM radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. ... WYSF is an adult contemporary FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. ... WBHJ, known locally over the air, 95. ... WMJJ, Magic 96. ... WNCB is an FM radio station licensed to Gardendale, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. ... Oneonta is a city located in Blount County, Alabama. ... Jemison is a town located in Chilton County, Alabama. ... WBHK is an urban adult contemporary radio station owned by Cox Broadcasting that serves Birmingham. ... WZRR is a classic rock FM radio station licensed to Birmingham. ... WJOX-FM is an FM sports talk radio station licensed to Northport, Alabama, which serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ... WYDE-FM is a conservative talk radio station that serves Birmingham and nearly all of north-central Alabama. ... WDXB, known on the air as “102-5 the Bull”, is a Clear Channel-owned country FM radio station licensed to Jasper, Alabama that serves Birmingham and north-central Alabama. ... WQEN, known on the air as “103-7 the Q”, is a Clear Channel-owned Top 40 FM radio station licensed to Trussville, Alabama that serves Birmingham and north-central Alabama. ... WENN, Hallelujuah 105. ... WBPT is a classic hits FM radio station licensed to Homewood, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ... WUHT is a Hot Urban Adult Contemporary radio station that serves the Birmingham area. ...


¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (Fox) The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ...

Tuscaloosa

WMFT 88.9 | WVUA 90.7 | WUAL 91.5 | WTUG 92.9 | WZBQ 94.1 | WFFN 95.3 | WTXT 98.1 | WDGM 99.1 | WBEI 101.7 | WNPT 102.9 | WQZZ 104.3/97.3/100.1 | WRTR 105.9 WVUA-CA is an independent television station owned and operated by the University of Alabama. ... Alabama Public Radio is a network of public radio stations based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that serve western and northern Alabama with classical music, folk music, jazz, and nostalgic music programs, as well as news and feature programs from the National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and American Public Media networks. ... WZBQ 94-1 ZBQ is a Top-40 station licensed to Carrollton, Alabama with studios located in Tuscaloosa. ... WTXT 98TXT is country radio station licensed to Fayette, Alabama with studios in Tuscaloosa. ...

Anniston

WJCK 88.3 | WKNG 89.1 | WGRW 90.7 | WTBJ 91.3 | WPIL 91.7 | WLJS 91.9 | WTDR 92.7 | WHMA 95.5 | WVOK 97.9 | WTRB 98.3 | WRHY 105.9 | // Station Summary WVOK-FM[1] is a 6,000-watt commercial FM radio station locally owned and operated in Oxford, Alabama. ...

Gadsden

WTBB 89.9 | WSGN 91.5 | WGMZ 93.1 | WKXX 102.9 | WQSB 105.1 | WBHM-FM, 90. ...

Other
Alabama Radio Markets

Anniston (AM) (FM) | Auburn | Birmingham (AM) (FM) | Decatur | Dothan | Florence-Muscle Shoals | Gadsden (AM) (FM) | Huntsville | Mobile | Montgomery | Selma | Tuscaloosa (AM) (FM)

See also: List of radio stations in Alabama and List of United States radio markets


 

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