At 6:00 p.m. on Christmas Day 1988, the 99.5 frequency became the new home of classic rock in Birmingham, with the new call letters of WZRR and the new on-air name "Rock 99". The first song was "All Right Now" by Free.
On Christmas Day 1988 at 6:00 p.m., Birmingham's radio station changed its format to classic rock, adopting the call letters WZRR and the on-air name "Rock 99". The first song played was "All Right Now" by Free.