WZZP

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WZZP
WZZP Z97.5 logo.png
Broadcast area Clarksville-Hopkinsville area
Frequency 97.5 MHz
BrandingZ97.5
Programming
Format Mainstream rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC)
WCVQ, WKFN, WNZE, WQEZ, WRND, WVVR
History
First air date
June 29, 2000
Former call signs
WTNK (6/2000-10/2000)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 83979
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°45′47″N87°26′59″W / 36.76306°N 87.44972°W / 36.76306; -87.44972
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website z975.com

WZZP (97.5 FM "Z97.5") is a mainstream rock radio station that serves Clarksville, Tennessee, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Owned by Saga Communications and operated as part of its Five Star Media Group, it debuted with a classic hits format in 2000, switching to the active rock format in 2003. WZZP operates at 6,000 watts from an antenna located in Hopkinsville.

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Saga Communications also operates WVVR 100.3 Country, WRND 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.

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 has been 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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WZZP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WZZP Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WRBR-FM 103.9 South Bend, IN". Michiguide.com.
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