WZNN

WZNN
City	Stamping Ground, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Lexington Metro
Frequency	96.1 MHz
Branding	Sports 96.1 The Zone
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner	Clarity Communications, Inc.
History
First air date	March 13, 1992; 29 years ago (as WWUD)
Former call signs	WWUD (3/1992-5/1992); WKYI (1992–1999); WULV (1999–2000); WLRS (2/2000-3/2000); WLXO (2000–2021); WWRW (6/2021-8/2021)
Technical information
Facility ID	59387
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°12′15″N 84°32′51″W / 38.20417°N 84.54750°W
Links
Website	www.sports961fm.com

WZNN (96.1 FM, "Sports 96.1 The Zone") is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Stamping Ground, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Lexington metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Clarity Communications, Inc. and is operated and managed by LM Communications via a local marketing agreement; it features programming from Fox Sports Radio.^[1]^[2]

History[]

The station went on the air as WWUD on March 13, 1992. On May 22, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WKYI, on July 13, 1999, to WULV, on February 16, 2000, to WLRS, and on March 1, 2000, to WLXO.^[3]

On Christmas Day 2020, the Hank classic country format moved from WLXO to then-WWRW (105.5 FM), which unlike the 96.1 facility covers the entire Lexington market, with a simulcast continuing for the time being on 96.1.^[4] The WLXO call sign moved to 105.5 six months later; 96.1 then changed from WWRW to WZNN in August.

On Saturday, August 28, 2021, the format switched from classic country to sports as the new "Sports 96.1, The Zone".^[5]