WRTR

WRTR
City of license Brookwood, Alabama
Broadcast area Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Branding Talk Radio 105.9
Slogan Tuscaloosa's News & Information
Frequency 105.9 MHz
First air date 1966 (as WACT-FM at 105.5)
Format News/Talk
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 82 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 48645
Transmitter coordinates 33°14′17.00″N 87°29′6.00″W / 33.2380556°N 87.4850000°W
Callsign meaning W Roll Tide Roll
Former callsigns WACT-FM (1966-1997)
Former frequencies 105.5 MHz (1966-2005)
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Capstar TX Limited Partnership)
Sister stations WACT, WTXT, WZBQ
Webcast Listen Live
Website talkradio1059.com

WRTR (105.9 FM, "Talk Radio 105.9") is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format.[1] Licensed to Brookwood, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Tuscaloosa area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and the broadcast license is held by Capstar TX Limited Partnership.[2]

WRTR was known as "Tuscaloosa's Rock Station" and is home for The Bob and Tom Show in West Alabama. Popular radio host Joe Elvis has hosted afternoon drive since 2002 and The Wild Bill Show airs every weeknight.

On May 4, 2009, WRTR changed their format to news/talk, simulcasting WACT (1420 AM), branded as "Talk Radio 105.9". Overnight, the station broadcasts the syndicated Coast to Coast AM hosted by George Noory.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "WRTR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Alabama Affiliates". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved December 31, 2011.

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