WZHT

Infobox Radio Station
name = WZHT
city = Troy, Alabama
area = Montgomery, Alabama


branding = "Hot 105.7"
slogan = "The Station You Hear Everywhere"
airdate = 1972
frequency = 105.7 (MHz)
format = Mainstream Urban
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 558 meters
class = C
facility_id = 8649
owner = Clear Channel Communications
website = http://www.myhot105.com
former_callsigns = WTUB, WRES, WIGC, WRJM, WALQ, WMGF
callsign_meaning = WZHoT|

WZHT (105.7 FM, "Hot 105.7") is a mainstream Urban formatted radio station that broadcasts on the 105.7 MHz frequency licensed to Troy, Alabama, that serves the Montgomery area.

The station has an unusually large coverage area due its antennas being co-located with WSFA, which has one of the tallest towers in the Southern United States at 1,830 feet; it uses this in its slogan "The Station You Hear Everywhere."

History

105.7 FM originally began operations as 100,000 watt WTUB in 1972 and was owned by the Boothe family from Opp, Alabama. It primarily served Troy and South Central Alabama. It was formatted as a country music station until 1977. In that year, the station was sold to Troy businessman R.E. Shelley and became Top-40 "WRES", the new call letters being Mr. Shelley's initials. The station was known as "106 FM". In 1982 Ozark, Alabama architect H. Jack Mizell purchased WRES and changed the station back to a country format with WIGC (We're In God's Country), as the call sign. Mr. Mizell succeeded in getting the transmitter site changed from a 400' tower in Troy to the nearly 2000' tall WSFA-TV12 tower in the Grady community, about half way between Troy and Montgomery. The 105.7 signal could now be heard from Birmingham to the north, the Northwest Florida Beaches to the south, the central Mississippi/Alabama border to the west and well into Georgia to the east. In December of 1984, WRJM "Classic 105.7" was born with a soft adult contemporary format, except for Saturday nights, when the popular oldies program "Hubcap Classics" was heard. The station was sold to Mississippi broadcaster Eddie Holliday in October 1987. Holliday moved the offices and studios from Troy to Montgomery and began focusing on the Montgomery market exclusively. "Magic 105.7" had the calls "WALQ" briefly and then "WMGF". 1988 saw another call letter change to "WZHT" and the station moved into the urban contemporary format (with some R&B and rap music mixed in) and became "Hot 105.7". Holliday sold the station to Clear Channel in the mid 1990s.

External links

* [http://www.myhot105.com WZHT official website]
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