WZYP
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| City | Athens, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Branding | 104.3 ZYP |
| Slogan | All The Hits |
| Frequency | 104.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) 104.3 HD-1: simulcast of WZYP 104.3 HD-2: simulcast of WHRP 104.3 HD-3: simulcast of WWFF-FM |
| First air date | 1958 (as WJOF) |
| Format | Adult Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 340 meters (1116 ft) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 3083 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°49′05″N 86°44′16″W / 34.81806°N 86.73778°W |
| Former callsigns | WJOF (1958-1980) |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
| Sister stations | WHRP, WUMP, WVNN, WVNN-FM, WWFF-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live! |
| Website | wzyp.net |
WZYP (104.3 FM, "104.3 'ZYP") is an adult-oriented Top 40 (CHR) music-formatted radio station licensed to serve Athens, Alabama, and broadcasting in the Huntsville, Alabama, area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and also broadcasts in HD Radio. The broadcast signal can be heard throughout all of northern Alabama and much of southern central Tennessee. Its studios are in Athens and its transmitter is in Madison, Alabama.
It was founded by the Dunnavant family of Athens, Alabama (which remains its city of license), as WJOF. Prior to 1978, WJOF featured a mixture of beautiful music and, at night, country music.
On June 10, 1980, the call letters were switched to the current WZYP. Through most of the 1980s, WZYP was northern Alabama's top-rated station, dethroned only by WDRM when country experienced a resurge in popularity among young people in the late 1980s and 1990s. Nonetheless, it has remained among the Huntsville market's most-listened to stations through the mid-2000s.
WZYP was sold by the Dunnavant family to Cumulus Media in 2003. This ended a 55-year presence in the market by Athens Broadcasting, founded in 1948 by Homer Felix "Pap" Dunnavant.
On April 1, 2003, WZYP was sold by Athens Broadcasting Co. (William E. Dunnavant, president) to Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. as part of a four-station deal with a sale price of $22 million in cash and Cumulus common stock. The acquisition of the stations was completed in July 2003. WZYP remains co-owned with former Dunnavant stations WVNN and WUMP, in addition to WHRP and WWFF-FM.
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