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WLZR (1560 AM broadcasting) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Melbourne, Florida, and serving the Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa area of the Space Coast. It is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a sports radio radio format. Most of the programming comes from the Infinity Sports Network.
By day, WLZR is powered at 5,000 watts, non-directional. Radio-Locator.com/WLZR Because 1560 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for WFME in New York City, WLZR is a daytimer. It must go off the air at sunset to avoid interference with older, higher power stations.
An early DJ was Bryan Norcross, on-air as Barry O'Brien, who later became a well-known meteorologist for his coverage of Hurricane Andrew.
It switched its call sign to WTMS in 1997, WAOA in 2000 and WINT in 2003.
In October 2008, WINT flipped from an oldies format to sports radio, affiliated with ESPN Radio. On February 25, 2011, WINT went silent. On December 13, 2014, WLZR returned to the air, sports-formatted WROK-FM 95.9 FM. On April 1, 2015, WLZR split from its simulcast with WSJZ (which switched an active rock format). WLZR rebranded as "Sports Radio 1560 The Fan".
WLZR went silent in March 2025. It is one of 11 Cumulus stations to close the weekend of March 14, as part of a larger shutdown of underperforming Cumulus stations. The station's afternoon show, hosted by program director Mark Moses (who remained with Cumulus as the program director and midday host at WROK-FM, the former WSJZ), continues as an Internet video program and podcast; by the time of the closure, WLZR's other programming was supplied by the Infinity Sports Network.
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