WZNF

WZNF
City of license	Lumberton, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi
Branding	95.3 The Gorilla
Slogan	The Gulf Coast Hit Music Station
Frequency	95.3 MHz
First air date	1983 (as WLUN)
Format	Top 40/CHR
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	434.7 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	63486
Former callsigns	WLUN (1983-1997) WLNF (1997-2002)
Owner	Coast Radio Group, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	953gorilla.com

WZNF (95.3 FM, "95.3 Gorilla"), is a Top 40 Hits formatted radio station based in Gulfport–Biloxi-Lumberton, Mississippi. The station is owned by Coast Radio Group, Inc, and they broadcast with an effective radiated power of 100 kW.

History

In 1997, WZNF started broadcasting from its 1,400-foot (430 m) tower in McHenry, Mississippi as a modern adult contemporary and modern rock outlet as WLNF - "Live 95.3" until a 1999 switch to Top 40 hits trying to replace the old Power 108 as "Power 95", but the ratings were low so they changed the format and call letters to classic rock as WZNF - "Z95.3" in 2002. On April 1, 2014, Z95.3 has changed formats to Top 40 Hits as "95.3 The Gorilla".^[1]

Signal

WZNF's upgraded 1,500-foot (460 m) tower with a 100,000-watt signal can reach east to Mobile, Alabama, west to New Orleans, Louisiana, and north to Laurel, Mississippi. Its transmitter tower is shared with WZKX.

References

↑ Gorilla Takes on Monkey in Biloxi

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WZNF

Radio-Locator information on WZNF

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WZNF

Radio stations in the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.7 90.3 91.7 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.7 97.9 99.1 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.9 105.9 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	1130 1190 1240 1390 1490 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.550

By callsign	KEC61 KIH21 W209CF WAOY WBUV WCPR-FM WGBL WGCM WGCM-FM WJZD-FM WKNN-FM WMAH-FM WMEJ WMJY WOLM WOSM WOTB WPAS WQBB WQFX WQRZ-LP WQYZ WROA WTNI WXBD WXYK WZKX WZNF

Mississippi radio markets Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula Jackson Laurel-Hattiesburg Memphis, TN Meridian New Orleans, LA Oxford Tupelo Other Mississippi radio regions Clarksdale Columbus-Starkville-West Point McComb-Brookhaven Natchez Vicksburg Yazoo City See also List of radio stations in Mississippi New Orleans Radio Mobile Radio

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Mississippi

By frequency	92.1 95.3 97.3 100.3 101.3 101.7 102.3 103.9 104.3 107.1

By callsign	WIQQ WKSO WJDQ WUMS WMJU WNSL WWKZ WXYK WYOY WZNF

By city	Brookhaven University-Oxford Gluckstadt Gulfport Gulfport Laurel Leland Meridian Natchez Okolona

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Mississippi See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Coordinates: 30°45′07″N 89°03′25″W / 30.752°N 89.057°W / 30.752; -89.057