WZZP
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| City of license | Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Clarksville-Hopkinsville area |
| Branding | Z97.5 Everything That Rocks |
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
| First air date | November 12, 1984 |
| Format | Active Rock |
| Audience share | 6.0, #5 (Fa'07, R&R[1]) |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100.0 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 83979 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Former callsigns | WTNK (2000) |
| Owner | Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Z975.com |
WZZP ("Z97.5") is an Active Rock radio station that serves Clarksville, Tennessee, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Owned by Saga Communications, it debuted with a Classic Hits format in 2000, switching to the active rock format in 2003. WZZP operates at 3000 watts from an antenna located in Hopkinsville.
Saga Communications also operates WVVR 100.3 Country, WRND-FM 94.3 Classic Hits, WCVQ 107.9 Adult Contemporary, and WKFN 540 AM Sports, as a cluster from its main offices in Clarksville.
Southern Broadcasting, Inc., with its President Thomas T. Cassetty applied to the FCC for a construction permit to build WZZP FM on November 9, 1999. According to FCC records, the station began as WTNK-FM which stood for "Tennessee aNd Kentucky" on June 29, 2000. The station changed calls to the present day WZZP- FM on October 20, 2000. Saga Communications, purchased the station from Southern Broadcasting, Inc.
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History
The station went on the air as WTNK on June 29, 2000. On October 20, 2000 the station changed its call sign to the current WZZP.[2]
The call sign WZZP was previously used. From March 21, 1977, to March 5, 1984, WZZP, with branding Zip 106, was applied to what became WHLK in the Cleveland, Ohio market. From November 12, 1984, to September 2, 1991, WZZP was applied to what became WRBR-FM in the South Bend, Indiana market.[3]
See also
- KAZR "103.3 Everything That Rocks", Saga's Des Moines, Iowa station of the same format.
- WLZX 99.3 "Everything That Rocks", Saga's Northampton, MA station of the same format.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "WRBR-FM 103.9 South Bend, IN". Michiguide.com.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WZZP
- Radio-Locator information on WZZP
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WZZP
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