Broadcast area Huntsville, Alabama First air date 1958 (as WJOF) HAAT 340 meters (1116 ft) Frequency 104.3 MHz Format Contemporary hit radio Area Huntsville | Branding 104.3 ZYP ERP 100,000 watts Class C City of license Athens Owner Cumulus Media Slogan Today's Best Music | |
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Sister stations WVNN, WHRP, WUMP, WVNN-FM, WWFF-FM | ||
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WZYP (104.3 FM, "104.3 'ZYP") is an adult-oriented Top 40 (CHR) music-formatted radio station licensed to serve Athens, Alabama, and broadcasting in the Huntsville, Alabama, area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and also broadcasts in HD Radio. The broadcast signal can be heard throughout all of northern Alabama and much of southern central Tennessee. Its studios are in Athens and its transmitter is in Madison, Alabama.
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History
It was founded by the Dunnavant family of Athens, Alabama (which remains its city of license), as WJOF. Prior to 1978, WJOF featured a mixture of beautiful music and, at night, country music.
On June 10, 1980, the call letters were switched to the current WZYP. Through most of the 1980s, WZYP was northern Alabama's top-rated station, dethroned only by WDRM when country experienced a resurge in popularity among young people in the late 1980s and 1990s. Nonetheless, it has remained among the Huntsville market's most-listened to stations through the mid-2000s.
Ownership
WZYP was sold by the Dunnavant family to Cumulus Media in 2003. This ended a 55-year presence in the market by Athens Broadcasting, founded in 1948 by Homer Felix "Pap" Dunnavant.
On April 1, 2003, WZYP was sold by Athens Broadcasting Co. (William E. Dunnavant, president) to Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. as part of a four-station deal with a sale price of $22 million in cash and Cumulus common stock. The acquisition of the stations was completed in July 2003. WZYP remains co-owned with former Dunnavant stations WVNN and WUMP, in addition to WHRP and WWFF-FM.