"Smashmouth Radio Network" with Kevin Scarbinsky and Scott Griffin in morning drive, "The Sports Czars" with Speedy, Greg and Helmsey at midday, The Sports Zone with Matt Coulter and Kip Keefer in afternoon drive, and the Eli and Stan Show with Eli Gold and Stan White. On June 25, 2013, the Birmingham News reported that the station would drop sports talk for an unannounced format on June 28. On that day, at 2 p.m., the station began stunting with Hawaiian music, branded as "97.3 Hula FM". At midnight on July 4, the stunting switched to patriotic music, branded as "The Pledge". At 12:45 a.m. on July 5, the station shifted to adult hits, branded as "Y'all 97.3". However, "Y'all" was considered to be another form of stunting, as the station aired little to no on-air imaging, as well as a very short playlist that was repeated every couple of hours. The "stunt" lasted nearly months, although the playlist expanded significantly. On November 15, 2013, WZNN began simulcasting on WENN as "102.1 Y'all FM" (with translator W271BN 102.1 FM), which resulted in the discontinuation of the "Power" old school hip-hop/R&B format after nearly two years. The "Y'all" adult hits format moved to WENN and W271BN on November 21, when WZNN switched to a permanent soft adult contemporary format, branded as "Easy 97.3". It adopted the call sign WEZZ-FM on November 26, 2013. On October 24, 2014, WEZZ and rival WMJJ flipped to Christmas music within minutes of each other. WEZZ became the third station in the United States to flip to Christmas music during the 2014 holiday season, following WMJJ and WEZW in New Jersey. It resumed its regular format on December 26 of the same year. On March 14, 2016, at 3 p.m., WEZZ-FM changed their format to hot adult contemporary, branded as "97.3 Play". The station changed its callsign to the current WPYA on March 21, 2016. On April 1, 2021, WPYA picked up the rights to air The Ace & TJ Show in Birmingham after 19 years on longtime affiliate WQEN. When they began airing the show on April 5, they rebranded as "Mix 97.3", becoming the third and final former "Play" station to rebrand after sister stations WVEZ in Louisville and WURV in Richmond. WPYA also changed its slogan to "The Best Mix of 2K and Today While You Work". Previous logos References External links PYA Radio