WERC-FM

WERC-FM
Broadcast areaGreater Birmingham
Frequency105.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingNews Radio 105.5 WERC
Programming
FormatTalk radio
Subchannels
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WDXB, WERC, WMJJ, WQEN
History
First air date
September 1993 (1993-09)
Former call signs
  • WWIV (1992–1993)
  • WWBR (1993–1996)
  • WRAX (1996–1997)
  • WENN (1997–2008)
  • WVVB (2008–2009)
Former frequencies
105.9 MHz (1993–2005)
Call sign meaning
Derived from WERC (AM)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID62278
ClassC2
ERP29,500 watts
HAAT190 meters (620 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°29′4.4″N 86°48′25.0″W / 33.484556°N 86.806944°W / 33.484556; -86.806944
Translators
Repeater960 WERC (Birmingham)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitewercfm.iheart.com

WERC-FM (105.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Hoover, Alabama, United States, and serving Greater Birmingham. It is owned by iHeartMedia and simulcasts a talk format with WERC 960 AM. The station's studios and offices are on First Avenue South in Birmingham, off Interstate 65.

WERC-FM's transmitter is sited atop Red Mountain, off Valley Avenue in Birmingham. WERC-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its digital subchannels carry urban gospel and urban adult contemporary formats, which in turn feed two FM translators.