WZZK-FM

WZZK-FM (104.7 FM) is a country music-formatted radio station licensed to Birmingham that serves northern and central Alabama.

In 1978, WZZK changed formats and became Birmingham's first FM country music station, challenging long-time market leader WYDE.

Neither station made a significant impact; in fact, the parent company of WZZK bought WIKX in 1991 and changed its format.

The most serious and successful challenge to WZZK's dominance came in 1994, when WZBQ, a station licensed to Jasper that had previously targeted the Tuscaloosa area, moved its studios to Birmingham and relaunched itself as WOWC.

In 1999, the station was given the National Association of Broadcasters Friend In Need Radio Award for outstanding service in the face of natural disasters.

[3] On January 2, 2007, it was announced that the popular morning-drive radio team of Rick and Bubba would be moving their show from crosstown rival WYSF to WZZK, effective the next day.