WZRR

WZRR

Simulcast with WAPI Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama United States
Broadcast area	Birmingham metropolitan area
Frequency	99.5 MHz
Branding	Talk 99.5
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	ABC News Radio Westwood One Auburn Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)
Sister stations	WAPI, WJOX, WJOX-FM, WJQX, WUHT
History
First air date	December 1976 (47 years ago) (1976-12)
Former call signs	WVOK-FM (1976–1978) WRKK (1978–1984) WQUS (1984–1985) WLTB (1985–1988)
Call sign meaning	W Z Rock and Roll (previous format)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	16899
Class	C0
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	309 meters (1,014 feet)
Repeater(s)	1070 WAPI (Birmingham)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.talk995.com

WZRR (99.5 FM, "Talk 99.5") is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. It carries a news/talk format, simulcast with AM sister station WAPI.^[2] WZRR is one of several Birmingham-area radio stations owned by Cumulus Media, with radio studios and offices on Goodwin Crest Drive in Homewood.^[3]

WZRR and WAPI carry local talk shows during the day, but at night they run nationally syndicated shows from co-owned Westwood One including Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, Dan Bongino, Red Eye Radio and First Light. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC News Radio. It is also Central Alabama's radio home of Auburn Tigers athletics.

WZRR's transmitter is west of Red Mountain, off Spaulding Ishkooda Road.^[4] It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, from a tower more than 1,000 feet (300 meters) in height above average terrain (HAAT). It broadcasts using HD Radio technology.