FM Technical Profile: WYZB

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Station Name:
Y 105.5
Frequency:
105.5
Format:
Contemporary Country
Transmitter Location:
[map] [street view] Just east of the VW dealer on Hollywood Boulevard NW, near Robinwood Drive NW.  This is the only station on this self-supporting tower.
Power (ERP):
25 kW
Antenna:
Directional
Antenna HAAT:
305 feet
Other Information:
60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.

:
PS-song/title ON THE WOLF
Time-[?]
Text-song/title
ON THE WOLF
PTY-
Country

More Information:

[FCC]
[FCCdata]
[Radio-Locator]
[Wikipedia]
[Studio] Street View imagery of the Cumulus Fort Walton Beach studios on Hollywood Boulevard.

Owner:
Cumulus Broadcasting LLC
History:
WYZB hit the market in the mid-80's as a brand new station with adult contemporary music and quickly found itself at the top of the ratings. Later it drifted down towards oldies and then country -- driving WMMK 92.1 out of that format in the process. Originally a class A station, it upgraded to C3, though it and WNSP 105.5 in Bay Minette give each other a lot of interference.
 
As part of a nationwide marketing push, Cumulus flipped Country 105.5 to their Nash FM branding on 3 February 2014.

The station dropped the Nash branding in March 2023, changing to "Y 105.5" to coincide with the completion of a full studio, transmitter and antenna rebuild.