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| Broadcast area | Central Alabama |
| Frequency | 1070 kHz |
| Branding | Talk 99.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
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| History | |
First air date | April 1922 (as WSY) |
Former call signs | WSY (1922–1925) |
Call sign meaning | Alabama Polytechnic Institute[1] (official name of Auburn University when the university acquired the station) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 16900 |
| Class | B |
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| Website | www |
WAPI (1070 kHz, "Talk 99-5, Birmingham's Real Talk") is a commercial AM radio station in Birmingham, Alabama. It is owned by Cumulus Media. Until going silent in 2025, it carried a news/talk format, simulcast with FM sister station 99.5 WZRR.[3] The radio studios and offices are on Goodwin Crest Drive in Homewood.[4]
WAPI and WZRR carried local talk shows during the day, but at night they ran nationally syndicated shows from co-owned Westwood One including The Mark Levin Show, America at Night with Rich Valdés and Red Eye Radio. Most hours began an update from ABC News Radio. The stations were also Central Alabama's radio home of Auburn Tigers athletics.
WAPI broadcasts using HD Radio technology.[5] The transmitter is located in Forestdale. WAPI's daytime power is 50,000 watts, non-directional, the maximum power for AM stations permitted by the Federal Communications Commission.[6] Because AM 1070 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KNX in Los Angeles, WAPI must reduce power at night to 5,000 watts, using a directional antenna, as a Class B station.
- ^ Nelson, Bob (October 18, 2008). "Call Letter Origins". The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAPI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Cumulus Debuts FM Talker In Birmingham". insideradio.com. May 25, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ Talk995.com/station-information
- ^ "HD Radio station guide for Hartford, Connecticut". hdradio.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ "WAPI-AM 1070 kHz - Birmingham, AL". radio-locator.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.