WBZZ

Not to be confused with WPTZ.

WZPT

New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Pittsburgh metropolitan area
Frequency	100.7 MHz (HD Radio) 100.7 HD-2 for New Hot AC Releases
Branding	The New Star 100.7
Programming
Format	Adult Top 40
Ownership
Owner	CBS Radio
Sister stations	KDKA, KDKA-FM, WDSY-FM part of CBS Corp. cluster with TV stations KDKA-TV & WPCW
Technical information
Facility ID	20351
Class	B
ERP	14,500 watts
HAAT	280 meters
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	starpittsburgh.com

WZPT (Star 100.7), is an Adult Top 40 radio station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. Owned by CBS Radio, the station operates at 100.7 MHz with an ERP of 14.5 kW, and is licensed to New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Its transmitter is located in Pittsburgh.

History

Beginnings as WPGH-FM

The station originally signed on the air back in 1963 as WPGH-FM, and with a power of 20,000 watts. In 1967 another FM license was dropped in Pittsburgh at 104.7. The WPGH calls went to 104.7 (and are currently still in the city on TV 53, the local Fox affiliate), and the station at 100.7 became known as WNUF. They had tried to get the callsign WFUN, but since it was already assigned to another station, they settled for "fun" backwards, hence the WNUF callsign.

For most of its early years, WNUF operated from downtown Millvale, about 12 miles south of its city of license. WNUF's offices were co-located with a weekly buy-sell-trade publication called The Green Sheet, both of which were owned by Milton Hammond. The station became famous for its format of Big Band music, WNUF did broadcast in stereo; however, since much of the Big Band music it played was recorded before the advent of stereo, many of the recordings were actually a form of "simulated" stereo or electronically re-recorded to stimulate stereo.

Some of the announcers during the days when Hammond owned the station were: Tal Weimer, Bill Trushel, Darrel Deiter, and Christian Muro.

Prior to their flip to the Hot Adult Contemporary format in 2000, WZPT's previous formats included '70s, country (WQKB) (K-Bear), rhythmic top 40 (WMXP) (Mix Jamz), alternative rock (WXXP) (Pittsburgh's first station with this format, but it only lasted two years), and big bands (WNUF).

WZPT in the 2000s

The format of WZPT, or Star 100.7 until recently was a Hot Adult Contemporary format. The station called itself Pittsburgh's "Best Variety of the 80's, 90's and Today." One of their more popular music features was "Flashback Friday," consisting of mostly 80s and some 90s music.

Despite airing more of a mix of current music with 80's and 90's, WZPT's format was similar to that of sister station WBZW-FM (B94). In fact, after that station initially dropped the Top 40 format for K-Rock in 2004, listeners who liked B94 but didn't care for the new rock format were encouraged on-air to go listen to WZPT.

Present

On January 19th, 2010, due to the B94 format changing yet again this time to KDKA-FM ("93.7 The Fan", a sports talk format), CBS Radio has announced that they have merged Star with B94 to bring B94's music onto Star for the listeners to continue to enjoy. As a result, WZPT has eliminated the 1980s and the majority of 1990s music in favor of Modern Adult Contemporary music, playing 2000s and current music only. Star has since added more rhythmic material such as Lady GaGa, Ke$ha, and Timbaland in addition to artists such as Shinedown, Kelly Clarkson and John Mayer.

On January 5, 2011, CBS Radio reacquired the WBZZ calls from the former WQSH/Albany, New York and plans to use the calls to replace the WZPT calls. The WZPT calls will relocate to Tampa Bay, Florida on a hot adult contemporary station currently WSJT (Play 98.7).

Past DJs

• John Kline (now at the new Q92.9 morning show)
• Kerri Griffith (also at Q92.9 morning show)

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID WZPT ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database