WJMZ-FM

WJMZ-FM

City	Anderson, South Carolina
Broadcast area	The Upstate
Branding	107.3 JAMZ
Slogan	Today's R&B, 50 Minutes of Music Every Hour
Frequency	107.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	97.7 W249CB (Greenville, relays HD3) 98.5 W253BG (Greenville, relays HD2) 94.1 W231BA (Spartanburg, relays HD4)
First air date	August 1st, 1963
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary HD2: Alternative rock "X98.5" HD3: Adult Hits "97.7 Chuck FM" HD4: WHZT simulcast
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	308 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	1303
Transmitter coordinates	34°42′7.00″N 82°36′19.00″W / 34.7019444°N 82.6052778°W / 34.7019444; -82.6052778
Callsign meaning	W JaM Z
Former callsigns	WANS-FM (1963-1991) WWMM (1991-1993)
Owner	Summit Media LLC (SM-WJMZ, LLC)
Sister stations	WHZT
Webcast	WJMZ Webstream WJMZ-HD2 Webstream WJMZ-HD3 Webstream
Website	1073jamz.com x985fm.com (HD2) 977chuckfm.com (HD3)

WJMZ-FM, 107.3 FM, is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Anderson, South Carolina and serves the Upstate South Carolina region, including Greenville and Spartanburg. Branded as "107.3 JAMZ," the Summit Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 107.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. Its studios are located at Noma Square in Downtown Greenville, and its transmitter is located near Pendleton.

The target audience is the 25-54 demographic and it is one of two stations in the Greenville/Spartanburg Arbitron metro exclusively serving the urban market (WMXP-LP 95.5 is the other). Its sister WHZT is a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio station. According to recent Arbitron ratings, WJMZ has consistently maintained the position as the #1 radio station in the Greenville-Spartanburg (#60) radio market in most demographics for over 3 years.

History

107.3 began as WANS-FM on August 1, 1963. 107.3 WANS was a very highly rated Top 40 radio station for many years. They broadcast out of studios in Anderson, South Carolina on Clemson Boulevard. After being a top 40 powerhouse for many years, owner Radio Anderson sold them to another local owner in 1988. The new owner drastically cut staff, promotions, etc. Ratings dropped in a drastic way. By 1990, the station was bankrupt and then sold again. WANS-FM flipped from top 40 to adult contemporary-formatted WWMM as "Magic 107.3" in February 1991 after the station was sold to new owners. In 1994, due to low ratings and facing competition from WMYI and WSPA-FM, the adult contemporary format was dropped. 107.3 WWMM changed format and call letters to urban contemporary as "107.3 JAMZ", WJMZ.

In 1995, AmCom Carolinas Inc. sold WJMZ to WROQ owner ABS Communications Inc., which immediately took over WJMZ in a local marketing agreement, for $5.3 million.^[1]

WJMZ carried the station slogan, "The Peoples' Station" until 2003, in which it changed to "Today's R&B". WJMZ-FM earned a Marconi award as Urban station of the year from the National Association of broadcasters in 2009 and another for medium market personality of the year in 2010 awarded to Kelly Mac

They also recently added the addition slogan to the moniker, "50 Minutes of Music Every Hour", a slogan on other Cox Radio owned radio stations.

In early 2013, Cox Radio, Inc. sold WJMZ-FM and 22 other stations to Summit Media LLC for $66.25 million. The sale was consummated on May 3, 2013.

HD radio

WJMZ-HD2 broadcasts an alternative rock format branded as "X98.5" (relayed on FM translator W253BG 98.5 FM Greenville).

WJMZ-HD3 broadcasts an adult hits format branded as "97.7 Chuck FM" (relayed on FM translator W249CB 97.7 FM Greenville).

WJMZ-HD4 simulcasts sister station WHZT. This is to feed a translator (W231BA 94.1 FM Spartanburg) that allows WHZT to boost its signal in Spartanburg county. Until August 6, 2012, this format was carried on WJMZ-HD2.

Broadcast translators of WJMZ-FM
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W231BA	94.1	Spartanburg, South Carolina	250	D	FCC
W249CB	97.7	Greenville, South Carolina	250	D	FCC
W253BG	98.5	Greenville, South Carolina	200	D	FCC

References

↑ "Newsline". Billboard 107 (22): 104. Jun 3, 1995.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WJMZ

Radio-Locator information on WJMZ

Radio stations in the Greenville–Spartanburg (Upstate South Carolina) market

By AM frequency	660 800 910 950 1020 1070 1230 1260 1280 1300 1330 1360 1400 1440 1490 1530 1540 1580

By FM frequency	89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 91.5 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.5 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.9 100.5 101.1 101.5 102.5 103.1 103.3 103.9 104.9 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W209CM W242BX W249CB W253BG WAIM WANS WASC WBWT-LP WCCP-FM WCKI WCSZ WDAB WELP WEPR WESC-FM WFBC-FM WGTK-FM WGVL WHQA WHZT WJMZ-FM WKSF WLFJ WLFJ-FM WMIT WMXP-LP WMYI WOLI WORD WPCI WPJF WPJM WRIX WROO WROQ WRTH WSPA-FM WSPG WSSL-FM WTBI WTOB WTPT WYFG WYRD WYRD-FM

Defunct	WFIS/1600

South Carolina radio markets Charleston Columbia Florence Greenville–Spartanburg Myrtle Beach Rock Hill Other South Carolina radio regions Hilton Head See also List of radio stations in South Carolina

Urban Contemporary Radio Stations in the state of South Carolina

Stations	WCMG- Latta WDAI - Pawleys Island WHXT - Orangeburg WIIZ - Blackville WJMZ - Anderson WKSP - Aiken WLVH - Hardeeville WLXC - Columbia WMGL - Ravenal WSCZ - Winnsboro WWDM - Sumter WWWZ - Summerville WXBT - West Columbia WXST - Hollywood WYNN-FM - Florence WZTF - Scranton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in South Carolina

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