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	1946 (as WGPA-FM)
Format	Mainstream rock HD2: Classic rock
Language(s)	English
ERP	30,000 watts
HAAT	192 meters
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	951zzo.com

WZZO, popularly known as "95.1 WZZO", is a commercial rock radio station located in Whitehall Township, outside of Allentown, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States.

WZZO broadcasts locally at 95.1 MHz FM. The station's tag line is: "The Valley's Rock Station."

The station's broadcast is also available globally through online streaming at: WZZO live stream broadcast.

WZZO regularly sponsors live music and nightclub events in the Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia areas.^[1]

The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., along with WAEB-FM, WAEB-AM, WSAN-AM.

In addition to a standard analog transmission, WZZO broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio.^[2]

History

former logo; new version omits W.

Originally station started at WGPA AM & FM, owned and operated by the Bethlehem Globe-Times. Broadcast was simucast during daylight hours with the sister station (WGPA-AM 1100) that is a daylight radio station broadcasting sunrise to sunset. Broadcast continued on FM only until 11 PM. At that time they used a sub-carrier on the FM to broadcast "elevator" type music from reel-to-reel tapes for playing over paging systems inside a retail business. Call sign from when WGPA parted company from original owners was WEZV (according to FCC site this was before 1978 when WZZO call began) Joe McClain from WAEB "Mighty 790" days was one of the DJ's. Their broadcast tower remains to this day off Applebutter Rd. in Lower Saucon Township and can be easily spotted from Rt. 78 just east of the Rt. 412 Bethlehem Exit on the north side of the highway. Original broadcast studios were at 428 Brodhead Ave. (now a Lehigh University building) in Bethlehem, PA just behind what was the Globe-Times Newspaper building (now a video rental store). Before moving to Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, the WZZO broadcast studios were located in the Westgate Mall in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

On air

Weekdays

Mornings: The Bearman and Keith
10am-2pm: Chris Line
2pm-7pm: Samantha Layne
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

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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