WZUM (AM)
| City | Braddock, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel |
| Frequency | 1550 kHz |
| First air date | 1947 (as WLOA) |
| Format | Jazz (WZUM-FM simulcast) |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 4 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 68903 |
| Callsign meaning | "Zoom"; a tribute to the former WZUM 1590 Carnegie |
| Former callsigns | WLOA (1947-1982) WHYW (1982-1983) WJLY (1983-1988) WCXJ (1988-2000) WURP (2000-2007) WLFP (2007-2013) |
| Owner | Pittsburgh Public Media |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wyzr.org |
WZUM is a jazz radio station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, market. The station broadcasts on 1550 kHz with a power of 1,000 watts daytime (4 watts at night) from studios located at 4736 Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh, and is licensed to Braddock, Pennsylvania.
Before changing to urban oldies as WZUM, most of 1550's programming was provided by the Lifestyle TalkRadio Network.
WZUM is the "Flagship Station" of the Woodland Hills Wolverine Football Network. A.W. Gusky Productions produces the broadcasts of Woodland Hills High School football on the station. All of the games are live on WZUM as well as at www.1550wzum.com. Live and archived Woodland Hills High School football broadcasts are available at www.msasports.net.
WZUM is the former sister station to WRRK, starting out as WLOA AM and FM. The AM station went through various formats and owners, frequently featuring urban music, before settling in on its current format in 2013.
As WURP, the station, at first, featured an Urban AC format (which began in August 2000), and then, in December 2002, it flipped to "hot talk" with hosts such as The Young Turks, G. Gordon Liddy, Don and Mike, Sporting News Radio, and weekend programming from Air America Radio. WURP also aired the locally produced "UnShow with Jeff Schneider".
Inner City Broadcasting sold the station to BusinessTalkRadio.net in March 2007, and as WLFP, it aired shows from the Lifestyle TalkRadio Network until its sale in May 2013.
AM Guys LLC purchased the station for $14,515 from a SEC receiver appointed to operate it and other assets of the Business Talk Radio Network. AM Guys, headed by Edward DeHart and Stephen Zalenko, had leased the studio and its equipment to Business Talk Radio, and performed sales duties for the company on a contract basis. The purchase was consummated on June 18, 2013.
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