WJRZ-FM
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| City of license | Manahawkin, NJ |
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| Broadcast area | Monmouth-Ocean, NJ |
| Branding | 100.1 WJRZ |
| Slogan | "Jersey's Greatest Hits" |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz (Also in HD Radio) |
| Format | Oldies/Classic Hits |
| ERP | 1,200 watts |
| HAAT | 133 meters |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | "Jersey" |
| Owner | Greater Media |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | http://www.wjrz.com |
WJRZ-FM began broadcasting on July 4th 1976 from Manahawkin NJ with a Top 40 format that also played a lot of Recurrents. The original city of license was Ship Bottom, later changed to Manahawkin. Some of the early slogans used were "Stereo 100" and "FM 100" - later using "Power 100," similar to WPLJ in NYC.
The CHR/Hot AC format continued until November 1991, when WJRZ moved to a classic hits format, but went back to CHR by the middle of 1992. In December 1998, WJRZ dropped Hot AC in favor of country as "Jersey Shore Country." The country format had a mixed reaction from area listeners and failed to attract a significant number of listeners.
In June 2000, they flipped to oldies as "Oldies 100," and in 2002 ownership changed to Greater Media.
[edit] WJRZ-FM Today
WJRZ-FM has moved away from the "Oldies 100" slogan, re-branding themselves as "100.1 WJRZ - The Greatest Hits Of the 60's & 70's", and in early 2008, simply using "Jersey's Greatest Hits" and dropping all pre-Beatles music except for Saturday & Sunday nights. WJRZ started broadcasting in HD Radio in November 2007. WJRZ's HD2 multicast channel will be "Classic Oldies," however a launch date has not been established. Its transmitter is located in Waretown, New Jersey.
It is worth noting there was another WJRZ, a country music station at 970 AM in Hackensack, New Jersey, in the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1971, it switched to a Top 40 format and became WWDJ. In 1974, it switched to a religious format, which it still has as of this writing in 2007.
Buck Owens mentions WJRZ 970AM and it's then owner, Ed Nielson, in track seven of his 1966 recording, Carnegie Hall Concert With Buck Owens And His Buckaroos, recorded live by Capital Records.
[edit] Technical
WJRZ's primary coverage area extends from Atlantic City to the south, Medford to the west and Belmar to the north.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WJRZ
- Radio Locator information on WJRZ
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WJRZ
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