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| Broadcast area | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Frequency | 99.5MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 99-5 ZPL |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Subchannels | HD2:Sports radio (WXNTsimulcast) |
| Ownership | |
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| WFMS,WJJK,WNTR,WXNT,WNDX | |
| History | |
First air date | June 1, 1962; 63 years ago (1962-06-01) |
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Call sign meaning | Indianapolis or the Tagline "Indy's new ApPLe" and/or its nickname "Z-PeeL" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 47144 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 19,000 watts |
| HAAT | 236 meters (774 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°45′36″N86°00′22″W / 39.760°N 86.006°W /39.760; -86.006 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WZPL (99.5FM) is a radio stationlicensed toGreenfield, Indiana, and serving theIndianapolis metropolitan area. The station airs acontemporary hit radio format. WZPL is owned byCumulus Media. Its studios are located on North Shadeland Avenue on the city's east side,[2] with its transmitter north of theIndianapolis World Sports Park on the east side of Indianapolis.
The station signed on as WSMJ on June 1, 1962, and remained as such until the spring of 1979 when WSMJ was sold to Heftel Broadcasting. They changed to adisco music format and adopted thecall sign WIKS-FM, "Rock Kiss 99 FM", on April 14, 1979. Later, acontemporary hit radio format was adopted which, aside from a brief experiment playingclassic rock in 1989, has continued to this day. The station was added to bothMediabase andNielsen BDS Top 40/CHR reporting panels in November 2012.
The station is anchored byThe Smiley Morning Show, hosted by Dave Smiley.
In the early 2000s, the station was known as "Z 99-5."
On February 13, 2019, Cumulus Media andEntercom announced an agreement in which WZPL, WNTR, and WXNT would be swapped to Cumulus in exchange for WNSH (nowWXBK) in New York City andWHLL andWMAS-FM inSpringfield, Massachusetts. Under the terms of the deal, Cumulus began operating WZPL under alocal marketing agreement on March 1, 2019.[3] The swap was completed on May 9, 2019.[4]
In 2005, WZPL became one of the first Indianapolis-area radio stations to broadcast their signal inHD Radio. In 2006, they introduced a stream ofAll Comedy Radio, a 24-hour comedy station, also known as "The Laugh Button," on their alternate HD 2 digital channel,[5] and HD 3 as a simulcast ofWXNT1430 AM,CBS Sports Radio.[6] Following the sale ofRadio Disney affiliateWRDZ-FM (now hip-hop formatted WZRL) toiHeartMedia (after the network started shuttering FM affiliates in the mid-2010s), WZPL had picked up the Radio Disney format for a year on the HD2 channel, untilEntercom's affiliation with Disney expired.[7]