WZIP

<p>WZIP (88.1 <a href="/facts/FM_broadcasting/TpKl3FJv">FM</a>) is a <a href="/facts/Non-commercial_educational/PsI236yM">non-commercial educational</a> <a href="/facts/Radio_broadcasting/FLJVq8Ec">radio station</a> licensed to <a href="/facts/Akron,_Ohio/GH3anrAS">Akron, Ohio</a>, carrying a <a href="/facts/Campus_radio/3wBqTwXI">college radio</a>–programmed <a href="/facts/Contemporary_hit_radio/o7y4INYT">rhythmic CHR</a> format known as "Z88". Owned by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Akron/y5vV3Cdf">University of Akron</a>, the station serves the <a href="/facts/Akron_metropolitan_area/dCkGMbfh">Akron metro area</a>. WZIP's studios are located in Kolbe Hall on the University of Akron campus, while the station transmitter resides in <a href="/facts/Copley_Township,_Ohio/JEX0yVfG">Copley Township</a>. In addition to a standard <a href="/facts/Analog_transmission/UjfBrCrj">analog transmission</a>, WZIP is available online.
</p><p>The station was established by the university as WAUP in 1962 and has served as a training ground for students in the university's School of Communication throughout its history. After broadcasting primarily educational programming and fine arts fare in its early years, it aired a jazz format from the mid-1970s until the mid-1980s, when it adopted its present hit radio orientation.
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