WYSF-FM

WYSF (called Y 94-5 Today's Soft Rock) is an adult contemporary, FM radio station in Birmingham, broadcast with 100 KW at 94.5 MHz. It is the home of syndicated morning DJ team, Rick and Bubba. The station's studios are at Citadel's local offices at 244 Goodwin Crest Drive on Red Mountain.

History

The stationed originally launched at 94.5 FM in the 1950's was WAFM. Over the years, it went through several name and format changes.

It was sold to Dittman Brodcasting out of Mobile in 1980. The owners turned it into '95 Rock, an album-oriented rock station, in 1981.

In 1984, the station switched to the Top 40 format as Hot Rockin' 95 FM. In October, the name was changed to I-95, "Birmingham's Hit Rock," although the format stayed the same. The call letters became WAPI. It eclipsed Birmiingham's other Top-40 station, WKXX (Kicks 106) within a year, largely on the strength of the Mark & Brian morning show. The station held strong after Mark & Brian's departure, but eventually declined along with pop music in general. In 1994 the station was bought by Dick Broadcasting and switched its call letters to WMXQ and its format to "hot adult contemporary" as Mix 94.5.

In October 1996, the station switched formats to soft rock adult contemporary as Soft Rock 94.5. In November 1996, the call letters were switched to WYSF.

In addition to Rick and Bubba in the mornings, the station airs Charles McPhee's "Dream Doctor" call-in show in the evenings.

References

• Radio & TV at Birmingham Rewound
• WYSF history at Birmingham FM
• "WYSF." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 2 Aug 2006, 02:00 UTC [1]. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Accessed 27 Aug 2006.

External links

• WYSF Soft Rock 94.5 website