WZRR
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| City | Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Birmingham metropolitan area, Alabama |
| Branding | Talk 99.5 |
| Slogan | Birmingham's Real Talk |
| Frequency | 99.5 MHz |
| Repeater(s) | WAPI 1070 AM |
| First air date | 1977 (as WVOK-FM) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 309 meters (1014 feet) |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 16899 |
| Callsign meaning | W Z Rock and Roll (previous format) |
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| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WAPI, WJOX, WJOX-FM, WJQX, WUHT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WZRR (99.5 MHz, "Talk 99.5") is an FM radio station licensed to Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. It carries a talk radio format, simulcast with AM sister station 1070 WAPI. WZRR is one of several Birmingham-area radio stations owned by Cumulus Media, operating from studios in Homewood. WZRR's transmitter is west of Red Mountain, off Spaulding Ishkooda Road. WZRR broadcasts at 100,000 watts, the highest power permitted for non-grandfathered FM stations, from a tower more than 1000 feet height above average terrain.
WZRR and WAPI have local talk shows during the day, but at night they carry nationally syndicated shows from the Cumulus subsidiary Westwood One Network including Mark Levin, Michael Savage, Red Eye Radio and First Light. Most hours begin with national news from Westwood One News. WZRR and WAPI are among three talk radio AM-FM simulcasts in the Birmingham media market, the others being 960 WERC and 105.5 WERC-FM, owned by iHeartMedia, and 1260 WYDE and 101.1 WYDE-FM, owned by Crawford Broadcasting. WZRR and WAPI are affiliates of the Auburn Sports Network.
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