WVVB-FM

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WVVB-FM, "105.5 The Vulcan", was a Clear Channel-owned modern rock radio station that broadcast on the FM 105.5 frequency at an effective radiated power of 29.5 kilowatts. It was licensed to Hoover and served the Birmingham market from studios at 530 Beacon Parkway West. The station was broadcast from the WJLD Tower on Red Mountain (map).

In December 2006, a few days after the demise of WRAX, WENN abruptly dropped the gospel format and became a new modern rock station, known as "105.5 The Vulcan" (after Birmingham's Vulcan statue). The change was protested by a crowd of about 50 people at Kelly Ingram Park on December 9.

On September 19, 2008, The Vulcan changed call signs to WVVB-FM. On July 6, 2009 the station announced it was dropping that format and rebroadcasting WERC-AM's talk radio programming as WERC-FM.