WERC-FM

WERC-FM
Hoover, Alabama; United States;
Broadcast area	Greater Birmingham
Frequency	105.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	News Radio 105.5 WERC
Programming
Format	Talk radio
Subchannels	HD2: Urban Gospel; HD3: Urban AC;
Affiliations	Fox News Radio; Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks; WBRC-TV;
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc.; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	WDXB, WERC, WMJJ, WQEN
History
First air date	September 1993
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 ID	62278
Class	C2
ERP	29,500 watts
HAAT	190 meters (620 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	33°29′4.4″N 86°48′25.0″W / 33.484556°N 86.806944°W
Translator(s)	HD2: 105.1 W286BK (Birmingham); HD3: 106.5 W293CM (Graysville);
Repeater(s)	960 WERC (Birmingham)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio); HD2: Listen live (via iHeartRadio); HD3: Listen live (via iHeartRadio) (HD3);
Website	wercfm.iheart.com

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

WERC-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 29,500 watts. Its transmitter is 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.