WJMZ-FM

WJMZ-FM

City of license	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) 94.1 W231BA (Spartanburg, relays HD2)
First air date	August 1st, 1963
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary HD2: WHZT simulcast HD3: Adult Hits
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	308 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	1303
Transmitter coordinates	34°42′7.00″N 82°36′19.00″W
Callsign meaning	W JaM Z
Former callsigns	WANS-FM (1963-1991) WWMM (1991-1993)
Owner	Cox Broadcasting
Sister stations	WHZT
Webcast	WJMZ Webstream WJMZ-HD3 Webstream
Website	1073jamz.com 977chuckfm.com (HD3)

WJMZ-FM is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to Anderson, South Carolina and serves the Upstate South Carolina region, including Greenville and Spartanburg. The Cox outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 107.3 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. The station goes by the name 107.3 JAMZ! and its current slogan is "50 minutes of Today's R&B."

The target audience is the 25-54 demographic and it is the only station in the Greenville/Spartanburg Arbitron metro exclusively serving the urban market. 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 (#58) radio market in most demographics for over 3 years.

History

107.3 began as WANS-FM on August 1st, 1963. 107.3 WANS was a very highly rated Top 40 radio station for many years. They broadcasted out of studios in Anderson, SC on Clemson Blvd. After being a top 40 powerhouse for many years, owner Radio Anderson sold them to another local owner in 1988. The new owner drasticly 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. 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.

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.

Station lineup

Monday-Saturday

• Gospel Jamz with Curtis Johnson 4:00AM-6:00AM
• The Tom Joyner Morning Show 6:00AM-10:00AM website
• Sheba 10:00AM-3:00PM
• Michael Baisden 3:00PM-7:00PM website
• JJ Solomon 7:00PM-10:00PM
• Quiet Storm with Kenny 'The Mac' Miles 10:00PM-2:00AM

Weekends and Mixers

• TJ Swann
• DJ JK
• Steven St. James; Sunday 5:00PM-9:00PM
• Gospel Jamz with Curtis Johnson; Sunday 7:00AM-1:00PM. This is the highest rated program in the market regularly earning 12+ shares in excess of 20 percent.

Times and hosts may vary on weekends.

WJMZ-HD3

See also: W249CB

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

External links

• 107.3 Jamz, Today's R&B, 50 Minute of Music Every Hour
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WJMZ
• Radio-Locator information on WJMZ
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WJMZ
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W249CB
• Radio-Locator information on W249CB