WWZN
Radio station in Bloomington, Indiana
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WWZN (1370 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bloomington, Indiana, United States, serving Monroe County. The station is owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. and features a sports radio format with programming from Westwood One Sports in the evening.[2] The studios and offices are on West 7th Street in Bloomington.
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| Broadcast area | Monroe County |
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| Frequency | 1370 kHz |
| Branding | 98.7 The Zone |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Westwood One Sports |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. |
| WTTS | |
| History | |
First air date | March 11, 1949 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Zone" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 59131 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°11′25.00″N 86°38′2.00″W |
| Translator | 98.7 W254DP (Bloomington) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wgclradio.com |
By day, WWZN is powered at 5,000 watts. But to avoid interference to other stations on 1370 AM, at night it reduces power to 500 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator W254DP at 98.7 MHz.
History
On March 11, 1949, the station first signed on the air.[3] It has always been owned by Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. The station's original call sign was WTTS, powered at 1,000 watts by day, 500 watts at night. It was Bloomington's third AM radio station, the others being WSUA 1010 (1946–50) and WTOM 1490 (1947–51). From the 1950s until 1984, WTTS was a full-service, middle of the road (MOR) station, playing popular adult music, news and sports. It was a network affiliate of ABC Radio prior to that network's 1967 split, and the ABC Entertainment Network after that.
In November 1949, Sarkes Tarzian put television station WTTV Channel 4 on the air. Tarzian owned it until 1978. In 1960, sister station WTTV-FM 92.3 went on the air, simulcasting 1370 WTTS until 1967, when it switched to a separate format.
WTTS changed its call letters to WGTC on July 9, 1984, flipping to a full-service, country music format. On November 17, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WGCL.[4] It ended music programming, moving to a talk radio format.
On December 29, 2025, WGCL changed their format from talk to sports, branded as "98.7 The Zone" under new WWZN call letters.[5]
FM translator
WGCL added an FM translator, originally at 96.1 MHz, W241CD. It later switched its translator simulcast to 98.7 MHz, W254DP.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W254DP | 98.7 FM | Bloomington, Indiana | 202440 | 250 | 118 m (387 ft) | D | 39°9′11.2″N 86°31′1″W | LMS |