WRTR
Radio station in Brookwood, Alabama
33°14′17″N 87°29′06″W / 33.23806°N 87.48500°W / 33.23806; -87.48500WRTR (105.9 FM, "Talk Radio 105.9") is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format.[1] Licensed to Brookwood, Alabama, United States, the station serves the Tuscaloosa area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and the broadcast license is held by iHM Licenses, LLC.[2] The station has studios located on 11th Street in Downtown Tuscaloosa, while its transmitter is located on 40th Avenue.
The station started life as WACT-FM, and changed its call letters to the current WRTR-FM on March 31, 1997.
WRTR was known as "Tuscaloosa's Rock Station" and is the home of The Bob and Tom Show in West Alabama. Popular radio host Joe Elvis has hosted Afternoon Drive since 2002 and The Wild Bill Show airs every weeknight.
On May 4, 2009, WRTR changed their format to news/talk, simulcasting WACT (1420 AM), branded as "Talk Radio 105.9". Overnight, the station broadcasts the syndicated Coast to Coast AM hosted by George Noory.[3]
References
External links
- WRTR in the FCC FM station database
- WRTR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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Radio stations in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, metropolitan area
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- List of radio stations in Alabama
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