WZTZ

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WZTZ
Broadcast area Enterprise, Alabama
Frequency 101.1 MHz
BrandingRetro FM
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • (Boll Weevil Communications, LLC)
OperatorJetStream Media of Alabama, LLC
History
First air date
 1987
Former call signs
WZTZ (1986–2006)
WVVL (2006–2022) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 19141
Class A
ERP 1,400 watts
HAAT 208 meters (682 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 31°24′41″N85°57′32″W / 31.41139°N 85.95889°W / 31.41139; -85.95889
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website retrofmenterprise.com

WZTZ (101.1 FM, "Retro FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Elba, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Boll Weevil Communications, LLC and operated by JetStream Media of Alabama, LLC. WZTZ broadcasts a classic hits format. [3]

The station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on July 2, 1986. [4] The new station was assigned the call letters WZTZ on July 17, 1986. [1] WZTZ received its license to cover on November 19, 1987. [5]

The station had its call letters changed to WVVL on June 1, 2006 and broadcast as WEEVIL 101 with a Classic Country format. [1]

On March 8, 2021, WVVL changed its format from classic country to a simulcast of sports-formatted WOOF 560 AM Dothan, branded as "The Ball". [6]

On August 22, 2022, WVVL changed its call letters back to the original WZTZ and began a mostly 70s & 80s Classic Hits format, branded as Z101. [7] [8]

On August 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM local time, under a Local Marketing Agreement with JetStream Media of Alabama, LLC, WZTZ dropped its 70s & 80s format as Z-101 and relaunched as 80s, 90s, 00s Classic Hits, "101.1 Retro FM". [9] WZTZ will be sold to JetStream Media upon FCC approval.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. July 17, 1986.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WZTZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BPH-19851121ME)". FCC Media Bureau. July 2, 1986. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details (BLH-19861010KA)". FCC Media Bureau. November 19, 1987. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  6. ↑ Weevil Exterminated At WVVL Radioinsight - March 9, 2021
  7. ↑ Callsign History
  8. ↑ Alabama Broadcast Media Page
  9. ↑ WZTZ Goes Retro Radioinsight - August 17, 2025
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