WERC (AM)
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| City | Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Branding | News Radio 105.5 WERC |
| Frequency |
960 (kHz) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | May 25, 1925 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 2112 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°32′02″N 86°51′07″W / 33.53389°N 86.85194°W |
| Callsign meaning |
We're the Bell Radio Company (derived from WBRC calls) |
| Former callsigns | 2011: WVVB (149 days) 1972-2011: WERC 1925-1972: WBRC |
| Former frequencies | 1210 kHz (1925-1927) 1230 kHz (1927) 1240 kHz (1927-1928) 990 kHz (1928) 930 kHz (1928-1941) |
| Affiliations |
Fox News Radio Premiere Radio Networks WBRC-TV |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WDXB, WERC-FM, WMJJ, WQEN |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wercfm.com |
WERC (960 AM) — branded News Radio 105.5 WERC — is a news/talk radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, and serving the Birmingham market as a complete simulcast of sister station WERC-FM. It operates unlimited hours with 5,000 watts. The station has studios at Beacon Ridge Tower in Birmingham (near Red Mountain) and its transmitter is northwest of downrown Birmingham.
WERC originated the talk format currently heard on WERC-FM from 1982 until 2011, and was the first station in Birmingham to carry an all-talk format. The format - and the WERC calls - migrated to the 105.5 facility in 2010 before both returned to the AM station in July 2011.
WERC is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. Other stations in the Birmingham market owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. include WMJJ (96.5 FM), WDXB (102.5 FM), WQEN (103.7 FM), and WERC-FM (105.5 FM). iHeartMedia also programs W276BQ (103.1), a translator owned by Red Mountain Broadcasting, LLC. W276BQ rebroadcasts the programming of the HD2 channel of WQEN, branded as "103.1 The Vulcan" (and was also relayed on this facility from January to June 2011 under the WVVB calls).
Like most Clear Channel talk stations, WERC airs several local programs, as well as nationally syndicated programs such as The Glenn Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Schnitt Show, The Savage Nation and America Now with Andy Dean. In addition, WERC simulcasts the audio feed of WBRC-TV's early morning and late night newscasts, along with breaking news/weather coverage (in effect continuing the linkage between WERC and its onetime sister TV station). Overnight, the station broadcasts the syndicated Coast to Coast AM hosted by George Noory. The station also broadcasts the syndicated Saturday night program Somewhere In Time, which consists of reruns of Art Bell-hosted editions of Coast to Coast AM.
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