WZZO

WZZO
City	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Lehigh Valley
Branding	95.1 ZZO
Slogan	The Valley's Rock Station
Frequency	95.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	February 16, 1946 (1946-02-16)
Format	Mainstream rock HD2: Alternative rock
Language(s)	English
ERP	30,000 watts
HAAT	192 meters (630 ft)
Class	B
Facility ID	14375
Transmitter coordinates	40°37′13″N 75°17′37″W / 40.62028°N 75.29361°W / 40.62028; -75.29361
Former callsigns	WGPA-FM (1946-1973) WEZV (1973-1978)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WAEB, WAEB-FM, WSAN
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.951zzo.com

WZZO, popularly known as "95.1 ZZO", is a commercial FM rock radio station licensed to Bethlehem in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States.

WZZO broadcasts in stereo at 95.1 MHz. The station's tag line is: "The Valley's Rock Station." WZZO's broadcast is also available globally through online streaming at: WZZO live stream broadcast. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., along with 790 WAEB, 104.1 WAEB-FM and 1470 WSAN. Studios and offices are in the iHeart Broadcasting Complex in Whitehall Township and its transmitter is off Severn Lane, near Interstate 78 in Lower Saucon Township.^[1]

WZZO regularly sponsors live music and nightclub events in the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia areas.^[2]

In addition to a standard analog transmission, WZZO broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio.^[3]

History

former logo; new version omits W.

WZZO first signed on the air on February 16, 1946 as WGPA-FM, owned and operated by the Bethlehem Globe-Times.^[4] The broadcast was simulcast during daylight hours with sister station WGPA. The AM 1100 station is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast only from sunrise to sunset, so programming continued on FM station until 11 PM. At that time WGPA-FM used a sub-carrier to broadcast instrumental beautiful music from reel-to-reel tapes for playing over paging systems inside retail businesses. Eventually, that same beautiful music sound was airing on WGPA-FM.

In 1973, when WGPA-AM and FM were sold by the Globe-Times to Holt Broadcasting, the new owners changed the FM call sign to WEZV, to reflect the FM's easy listening radio format, with the EZ in the call letters standing for "Easy" and the V representing "Valley" as in Lehigh Valley. In 1978, WGPA and WEZV were sold to different owners, with WEZV's call letters changing to WZZO and the format switching to album-oriented rock. The rock format continues to this day.

The broadcast tower remains to this day off Applebutter Rd. in Lower Saucon Township and can be easily spotted from I-78 between the exits for Route 412 and Route 33. The original broadcast studios were at 428 Brodhead Ave. (now a Lehigh University building) in Bethlehem, just behind what was the Globe-Times Newspaper building. Before moving to Whitehall Township, the WZZO broadcast studios were located in the Westgate Mall in Bethlehem.

WZZO has an HD2 station airing an alternative rock format called "The Alternative Project". Previously, a classic rock format was aired.

On air

Weekdays

Mornings: The Bearman and Keith
10am-2pm: Samantha Layne
2pm-7pm: Glenn Hamilton
7pm-12am: Sixx Sense w/ Nikki Sixx

Competition

WZZO's primary rock station competitors include Philadelphia's WMMR, WMGK, and WRFF, Reading's WRFY, and the Lehigh Valley's WODE-FM and WWYY ("Spin Radio 107.1"). Until September, 2011, Philadelphia's WYSP was also a competitor.

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WZZO

Radio-Locator information on WZZO

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WZZO

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iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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