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Overview
Licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, WZZU is an active rock station broadcasting on 97.9 FM. Listeners know it as “97.3 & 97.9 The Rock Channel.” It first signed on in 1970.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WZZU
- Frequency
- 97.9 FM
- Format
- Active rock
- On-air name
- 97.3 & 97.9 The Rock Channel
- City of license
- Lynchburg, VA
- Market
- Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA
- Licensee
- MEL Wheeler, Inc.
- Power
- 580 watts
- Station class
- C3
- First on air
- 1970
- FCC facility ID
- 17407
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
MEL Wheeler, Inc. holds the station’s FCC license. It has used the WZZU call letters since August 2000.
Lynchburg is in the Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA market, where local newspapers include The News & Advance. Sister stations include WFIR, WPLY, WSLC-FM, WSLQ and WVBB.
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WZZU at a glance
- Frequency
- 97.9 FM
- On air as
- 97.3 & 97.9 The Rock Channel
- Format
- Active rock
- Licensed to
- Lynchburg, VA
- Market
- Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA
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