WZAP is a religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, serving the Tri-Cities area.
WZAP is owned and operated by Glen & Rita Harlow, through licensee RGH Communications Inc.[2] The station was founded by Appalachian Broadcasting, a consortium of local businessmen, in December 1946 under the call sign WCYB.
Ayers died in 1975, and in 1976 his estate sold the station to general manager Al Morris and his company, RAM Communications.
[4] Prior to the dominance of FM radio, WZAP was the number one station in the Tri-Cities TN/VA market, playing country/western music with a personality-DJ format.
WZAP's longtime chief engineer was John Faniola, who could often be heard testing the station's transmitter late into the overnight hours.