WRTR

WRTR

Brookwood, Alabama United States
Broadcast area	Tuscaloosa metropolitan area
Frequency	105.9 MHz
Branding	Talk Radio 105.9
Programming
Format	Conservative talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WACT, WTXT, WZBQ
History
First air date	June 1, 1966 (1966-06-01)
Former call signs	WACT-FM (1966–1997)
Former frequencies	105.5 MHz (1966–2005)
Call sign meaning	"Roll Tide Roll"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	48645
Class	C3
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	82 meters (269 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°14′17″N87°29′06″W / 33.23806°N 87.48500°W / 33.23806; -87.48500
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	talkradio1059.iheart.com

WRTR (105.9 FM, "Talk Radio 105.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Brookwood, Alabama, United States, and serving the Tuscaloosa metropolitan area. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. via iHM Licenses, LLC., it features a conservative talk format. ^{[2] [3]} Studios are located on 11th Street in Downtown Tuscaloosa.

WRTR's transmitter is located on Hammer Avenue in Holt, Alabama.

History

The station signed on the air on June 1, 1966, ^[4] as WACT-FM, the sister station to WACT 1420 AM. Its city of license was Tuscaloosa and it broadcast at 105.5 MHz. It was only powered at 1,500 watts, a fraction of its current output.

At first, WACT-FM mostly simulcast the AM station's country music format. It later started airing its own automated country sound. While WACT 1420 AM was a full-service country station, with news, sports and DJs, WACT-FM concentrated on more music and less chatter.

The station changed to the current WRTR on March 31, 1997. The call letters stand for "Roll Tide Roll", which refers to the Crimson Tide, the nickname for University of Alabama sports teams. WRTR played album rock and was known as "Tuscaloosa's Rock Station." In mornings, it carried The Bob and Tom Show , based in Indianapolis. Popular DJ Joe Elvis hosted afternoon drive time beginning in 2002. The Wild Bill Show was heard every weeknight.

Former logo

In 2000, WRTR and WACT were acquired by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications, a forerunner to current owner iHeartMedia. ^[5] On May 4, 2009, WRTR changed its format to all-talk, simulcasting WACT 1420. The two stations were branded as "Talk Radio 105.9". Then in October 2012, WACT 1420 flipped to comedy radio. That left WRTR 105.9 as an FM talk station, no longer simulcast with 1420 AM.

Programming

WRTR's schedule consists of nationally syndicated conservative talk shows, with a simulcast of Jeff Tyson's morning show from WERC-FM in Birmingham. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WRTR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "WRTR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron . Retrieved October 12, 2010.
4. Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-7. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
5. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-42. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
6. "Alabama Affiliates". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
7. TalkRadio1059.com/schedule

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 48645 (WRTR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WRTR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database