WZJZ

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WZJZ
BrandingMagic 100.1
Programming
LanguageSpanish
FormatLatin pop and adult contemporary music
Ownership
Owner
WBCG, WBTT, WCCF, WCKT, WCVU, WIKX, WOLZ, WWCD
History
First air date
1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Former call signs
  • WEEJ (1976–1996)
  • WFSN (1996–1997)
  • WXRM (1997–1998)
  • WOST (1998–2000)
  • WKFF (2000–2001)
  • WRLR (2001–2003)
  • WCKT (2003–2007)
Call sign meaning
"Jazz" (former format)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35213
ClassC1
ERP84,000 watts
HAAT323 meters (1,060 ft)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitemagicftmyers.iheart.com

WZJZ (100.1

Fort Myers–Southwest Florida media market. WZJZ is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a hybrid Latin pop and adult contemporary music format
branded as "Magic 100.1".

The station's studios and offices are on Metro Parkway in Fort Myers,[3] and its transmitter is off Horseshoe Road in Punta Gorda.[4]

History

Disco and smooth jazz

In 1976, the station first

adult contemporary
format until switching formats various times through the 1990s. In 2003, it took the callsign WCKT as "Cat Country 100."

Logo, 2003-2007

On March 21, 2007, when it was a smooth jazz station, WZJZ moved from 107.1 FM to 100.1 FM, swapping frequencies with co-owned country music station WCKT. WCKT is now heard at 107.1, while WZJZ continues at 100.1. This gave WZJZ sizable signal improvements to the north of Fort Myers, going from Class A to Class C, while also reducing signal redundancy for the country format, as Clear Channel also owns another country station, 92.9 WIKX, in the Port Charlotte area.

Z100

On March 29, 2009, at midnight, WZJZ began to repeatedly play the same portion of the song "

New York, New York
.

Y100

Former Y100 logo

On July 25, 2011, after a weekend of stunting, WZJZ flipped to

WHYI, but customized for Southwest Floridians. The flip to Top 40 gave iHeartMedia two Top 40 stations in the Fort Myers market, along with rhythmic contemporary WBTT. In 2013, WZJZ once again switched its logo to match WHYI, but with some slight differences.[8]

On March 24, 2016, at midnight, WZJZ tweaked its format to Hot AC and rebranded as "Y100.1".[9]

Magic 100.1

On January 12, 2024 at 5 a.m., after playing "

Enemy" by Imagine Dragons, WZJZ shifted to a hybrid format consisting of both Spanish and English-language adult contemporary music (with the imaging of the station done entirely in Spanish), branded as "Magic 100.1" (the first song under the format being "The Best" by Tina Turner), mirroring a similar move at iHeart-owned WMIA-FM across the state in Miami; the move is an attempt to mimic the success WMIA had following its own launch the previous November.[10]

Previous logos

(WZJZ's logo under previous CHR format)

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZJZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ FCC.gov
  3. ^ "Magic 100.1 Datos de Contacto: Teléfono, Domicilio, Anunciarse y Más". Magic 100.1.
  4. ^ "WZJZ-FM Radio Station Coverage Map". radio-locator.com.
  5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-46
  6. ^ "WEEJ 100.1 Port Charlotte, FL". rjdiscousa.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2011.
  7. ^ "Rhythmic AC WZJZ Flips To Top 40 As The New Y100". All Access.
  8. ^ "100 – Z = Y in Fort Myers - RadioInsight".
  9. ^ "Y100 Fort Myers Shifts To Hot AC - RadioInsight". March 24, 2016.
  10. ^ iHeart's New Magic Makes Its Way to Fort Myers Radioinsight - January 12, 2024

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