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| Frequency | 94.9MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Tú 94.9 |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio–Latin pop–reggaeton–tropical music |
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First air date | 1962; 63 years ago (1962) |
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Call sign meaning | "Tú" (Spanish for "you") |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51979 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 307 meters (1,007 ft) |
| Translator | HD3: 94.5 W233AP (Oakland Park) |
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WZTU (94.9 FM, "Tú 94.9") is a commercial American radio station in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale radio market. Owned and operated byiHeartMedia, its studios are located inPembroke Pines and the transmitter site is inMiami Gardens. The station plays a SpanishTop-40 format, mixed with some English Top 40 songs.
WZTU is licensed by theFCC to broadcast in theHD Radio (hybrid) format.[2][3]
WQAM-FM signed on the air in 1947, owned by theMiami Herald. It was a full-time simulcast withWQAM. In 1957, whenStorz Broadcasting purchased WQAM, the FM signal was taken off the air, and the license returned to theFederal Communications Commission (FCC), as Storz was not interested in FM at that time.
A new station went on the air in 1962, with 81,000 watts under the WAEZ calls. It was the first station in Miami to broadcast continuously in stereo. It playedeasy listening music "from the beautiful Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach". The station was owned by Arthur E. Zucker, hence the "AEZ" in the station's calls.
In 1969 it changed its calls to WOCN-FM to reflect its sister stationWOCN, which it was now partially simulcasting. It continued to play its format, and even began an attempt at Spanish language romance music. For a brief moment during the mid-1970s, they were known as "Stereo 94".
In 1975, it became WINZ-FM underGuy Gannett Broadcasting, and went to aprogressive rock format, with the moniker "Zeta-4" until early 1981, when it flipped toCHR/Pop station "I-95", retaining the WINZ-FM calls. "I-95" was Miami's affiliate forDan Ingram'sTop 40 Satellite Survey. "I-95" provided for a highly competitive rating battle against Top 40 powerhouseWHYI during its few years of existence, becoming #1 in the Miami ARB. In early 1986, WINZ-FM transformed from Top-40 to a short-livedclassic rock andadult hits hybrid as "Rockin' With Class....95-INZ".
In early 1987, the station flipped to classic rock as "Zeta", this time with the WZTA call letters. This is where the station would begin a long term commitment as a rocker. In the early 1990s, the station was purchased byPaxson Communications and then swallowed up by Clear Channel Communications (nowiHeartMedia) in the mid 1990s. Under Paxson, the station evolved to anactive rock format, still retaining the WZTA calls. In the early new millennium, Zeta attempted analternative rock format, but switched back to the active rock format in 2004. With ratings continuing to slump, andLex and Terry underperforming, Zeta finally came to an end on February 10, 2005 after 19 years as a rock station.[4]
Mega 94.9 was born, with the new calls WMGE. The station was part of Clear Channel's effort to expand its Hispanic radio efforts, as they were flipping several more stations to Spanish formats the same year under the leadership ofAlfredo Alonso. Coincidentally, with no more active rock stations in the market,Cox Radio flipped theirCHR-dance station Party 93.1 toactive rocker 93Rock, with new callsWHDR, on February 14, 2005. Like other Hispanic urban formatted stations, Mega was a hybrid of both English and Spanish language.
The new Mega 94.9 continued to lose a listening base and failed to improve beyond its old rock format after two years on the air, and the station was adjusted to a Hispanic top 40 format in 2007.
On September 9, 2016, WMGE rebranded as "Tú 94.9".[5] The station changed its call sign to the current WZTU on September 16, 2016.
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