WJZ-FM
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FCC | |
Facility ID | 1916 |
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Class | B |
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HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°19′26.4″N 76°32′54.9″W / 39.324000°N 76.548583°W |
Translator(s) | HD3: 104.9 W285EJ (White Marsh) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
Website | www |
WJZ-FM (105.7
WJZ-FM has an
History
History of the WJZ-FM call sign
The call letters WJZ-FM were originally used on what is now WPLJ in New York City from its founding in 1948 to 1953 when the station became WABC-FM, alongside WABC-TV and WABC (AM).
The call letters "WJZ" were originally created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the direct predecessor to the current CBS Corporation. Westinghouse was the owner of WJZ radio in Newark, New Jersey from 1921 to 1923, before it moved to New York. Apocryphal stories claimed the "JZ" in the call sign referred to New Jersey, but call letters in 1921 were assigned by the Department of Commerce, often in sequential alphabetical order, and few of them stood for anything.[4] Often, years later, owners retroactively created a slogan to fit their call letters. Meanwhile, the WJZ call letters have been used in Baltimore since 1957, when WAAM (channel 13) was renamed to WJZ-TV, an ABC Network affiliate that was changed to CBS in 1995.
WCBC, WBMD-FM, WKTK, WQSR
The station
The station was purchased on March 6, 1968, by Key Broadcasting, which continued the Christian radio format, changing its call sign to WBMD-FM in late 1969.[6][7] The new call sign referred to Baltimore, Maryland. The FM station simulcast a country music AM station, WBMD, already owned by Key.
In 1970, the FM's format became
WQSR was then sold to Sconnix Broadcasting in 1988 and continued playing oldies music. The station, along with WBMD, was sold to American Radio Systems (ARS) for $39 million in 1994;[8] ARS would merge with CBS Radio in 1998.
WXYV
On September 8, 2001, at 6 am, WQSR moved to WXYV's 102.7 FM frequency to broadcast on a better signal. After two days of simulcasting, at 3 p.m. on September 10, 105.7 FM became the new home for WXYV, and flipped to
Both stations were owned by
Revival of WHFS
"X105.7" would fail to compete for urban listeners against
Meanwhile, Infinity Broadcasting saw an unexpected public reaction to the company's decision to change the format of 99.1 FM, located halfway between Washington and Baltimore. The story was covered by local TV stations for many days afterwards, and mentioned nationally by
An online petition protesting the format change gathered tens of thousands of signatures in only a few days. Media attention was attracted by a public protest in downtown Washington, outside a skate shop where WHFS maintained a remote storefront studio in its last few months.
Infinity Broadcasting responded by resurrecting the WHFS format on nights and weekends at 105.7, beginning at 7 p.m. on January 21, 2005, with former WHFS afternoon DJ Tim Virgin. The station rebranded itself as "The Legendary HFS, Live on 105.7"; Infinity Broadcasting moved the WHFS call letters to the station days later. 'HFS was pulled from the airwaves again on February 1, 2007, immediately before KMS on HFS premiered, yet retained the WHFS call letters traditionally associated with the music the station used to broadcast. Currently, HFS2 and Locals Only with Neci remain WHFS's only ties to its original format.
HFS2
In 2006, WHFS began to broadcast a digital subchannel signal for radios using the new HD Radio technology, and launched an all-music station named "HFS2". The station focuses primarily on new alternative rock and indie rock, and currently has no DJs or commercials. On January 19, 2007, the online stream of "HFS2" was launched with the slogan "What You've Been Missing" hinting at the death of HFS music on the regular 105.7 frequency.
On Thursday, November 1, 2007, Neci Crowder began broadcasting a midday program on HFS2. This marked the first time a live DJ had been heard on HFS2.
105.7 the Fan
On November 3, 2008, WHFS flipped to all-sports, branded as "105.7 The Fan".[12] Along with the format change came a new call sign: WJZ-FM. The station put Ed Norris and Rob Long in morning drive time with "The Norris & Long Show". Mark Viviano and Damon "Bulldog" Yoffe had a late morning program, and Bruce Cunningham and Mark Zinno hosted in early afternoons. Scott Garceau and Anita Marks were named to host "The Scott Garceau Show" in afternoon drive.
WJZ-FM retained WHFS' status as the flagship radio station for Baltimore Orioles baseball and Maryland Terrapins football and men's basketball. The WHFS call sign landed on 1580 AM (formerly WPGC) one week later. Orioles broadcasts moved from WJZ-FM back to WBAL (which WHFS had replaced as flagship in 2007) in 2011.[13] In 2015, WJZ-FM reacquired the broadcast rights to Orioles games from WBAL for the second time.[14]
Entercom ownership
On February 2, 2017, CBS agreed to merge CBS Radio with
Despite no longer sharing common ownership with WJZ-TV, the deal grants the station the right to use the call letters in perpetuity.[19]
Short-spaced signal
WJZ-FM is short-spaced to
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJZ-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WJZ-FM]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. September 28, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "FM Query Results for WJZ-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Thomas H. White. "Mystique of the Three-Letter Callsigns." United States Early Radio History, January 1, 2021. [1]
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 (PDF). 2010. p. D-267. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- Baltimore Evening Sun. August 9, 1969. p. 5.
- ^ "WKTK (WJZ-FM) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ Chen, Howard Henry (July 8, 1994). "Boston group purchases oldies WQSR and AM sister". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ "RR-2001-09-21" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ "RR-2003-03-14" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ "YouTube" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Orioles headed back to WBAL". The Baltimore Sun. February 8, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Orioles Return to CBS Radio". WJZ-TV. January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ "CBS Sets Radio Division Merger With Entercom". Variety. February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "CBS and Entercom Are Merging Their Radio Stations". Fortune. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "EX-2.2". Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Reference points and distance computations. 47 CFR § 73.208". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR § 73.207 (b)(1)" (PDF). Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "FM Query Results for WJZ-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "FM Query Results for WQXA". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- WJZ in the FCC FM station database
- WJZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- W285EJ in the FCC FM station database
- W285EJ at FCCdata.org