WZHT
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| City of license | Troy, Alabama/Montgomery |
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| Broadcast area | South Alabama |
| Branding | Hot 105.7 |
| Frequency | 105.7 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1972 |
| Format | Mainstream Urban |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 558 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 8649 |
| Callsign meaning | W Z HoT |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | http://www.myhot105.com |
WZHT (105.7 FM), branded as "Hot 105", is a mainstream Urban formatted radio station that broadcasts on the 105.7 MHz frequency licensed to Troy, Alabama, that serves the Montgomery area.
The station has an unusually large coverage area due its antennas being co-located with WSFA, which has one of the tallest towers in the Southern United States at 1,830 feet; it uses this in its slogan "The Station You Hear Everywhere."
[edit] History
105.7FM originally began operations as WTUB in 1972, primarily serving the Troy, Union Springs, and Brundidge areas. It was formatted as a country station until around 1977. In that year, it became a Top-40 station with the new calls WRES, which stood for Rudolph E. Shelly. Around this period, the station also moved its antennas to WSFA's "tall tower", becoming the station with the highest land based transmitter in the country at 1,830 feet. The station holds the largest wattage system in the southeast. 100,000 watts to be exact.
In the late 1970s, the station shifted to an album-oriented rock format, broadcasting as "106-FM". In 1982, the calls again changed to WIGC that stood for Welcome Into God's Country, with a country music format once again. In 1984, it became WRJM, which stood for Rita and Jack Mizell, the station's then owners, with a soft Adult Contemporary format. However, they soon moved onto a more upbeat Adult Contemporary and Oldies format with rock mixed in to cater towards the students at Troy University.
In 1987, the station began focusing more on Montgomery instead of Troy and became "Magic 105.7" with new calls WALQ, and shortly thereafter, WMGF. In the late 1980's, the station changed its call letters to WZHT and moved into the Urban contemporary format with R&B and rap music and, by the 1990's, the station had migrated its brand to "Hot 105.7" and the "Magic" brand shifted to its Urban Adult Contemporary sister station at the 97.1 frequency.
[edit] External links
- WZHT official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WZHT
- Radio Locator information on WZHT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WZHT
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