WZZP is an Active Rock

Active rock

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 radio station

Radio station

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 that serves Clarksville, Tennessee

Clarksville, Tennessee

Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 132,929 in 2010 United States Census...

, Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Hopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 31,577 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Christian County.- History :...

, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astraddle the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee...

. Owned by Saga Communications

Saga Communications

Saga Communications is a broadcasting company that owns and operates stations in 26 markets in the United States. The company, which is based in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, primarily operates radio stations , but it also operates 9 television stations Saga Communications is a broadcasting...

, it debuted with a Classic Hits

Classic hits

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 format in 2000, switching to the active rock format in 2003. WZZP operates at 3000 watt

Watt

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s from an antenna located in Hopkinsville.

Saga Communications also operates WVVR

WVVR

WVVR is a radio station licensed to serve Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The station is owned by Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC. It airs a Country music format....

 100.3 Country, WEGI 94.3 Classic Hits, WCVQ

WCVQ

WCVQ is a Fort Campbell-licensed radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format in the Clarksville-Hopkinsville broadcast area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC. and is also broadcast on HD radio.-History:The station was assigned the call letters...

 107.9 Adult Contemporary, and WKFN

WKFN

WKFN is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. It is an affiliate of ESPN Radio. The station is licensed to Clarksville, Tennessee. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications...

 540 AM Sports, as a cluster from its main offices in Clarksville.

Southern Broadcasting, Inc., with its President Thomas T. Cassetty applied to the FCC for a construction permit to build WZZP FM on November 9, 1999. According to FCC records, the station began as WTNK- FM which stood for “T) Tennessee aNd K) entucky on June 29, 2000. The station changed calls to the present day WZZP- FM on October 20, 2000. Saga Communications

Saga Communications

Saga Communications is a broadcasting company that owns and operates stations in 26 markets in the United States. The company, which is based in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, primarily operates radio stations , but it also operates 9 television stations Saga Communications is a broadcasting...

, purchased the station from Southern Broadcasting, Inc.

History

The station went on the air as WTNK on 2000-06-29. on 2000-10-20, the station changed its call sign to the current WZZP.

The call sign WZZP, with branding Zip 106, from March 21, 1977, to March 5, 1984, was applied to what is now WHLK

WHLK

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 in the Cleveland, Ohio

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 market.

From November 12, 1984, to September 2, 1991, WZZP was applied to what is now WRBR-FM in the South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana

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 market.

See also

• KAZR (FM) "103.3 Everything That Rocks", Saga's Des Moines, Iowa
  Des Moines, Iowa
  Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
  
   station of the same format.
• WLZX
  WLZX
  WLZX is a Saga Communications Active Rock radio station in East Longmeadow, Ma, broadcasting at 99.3 FM. The station has an active rock format.- History :...
  
   99.3 "Everything That Rocks", Saga's Northampton, MA station of the same format.