WJMZ-FM

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WJMZ-FM
City of license	Anderson/Greenville/Spartanburg
Broadcast area	The Upstate
Branding	"107.3 Jamz"
Slogan	Today's R&B, 50 Minutes of Music Every Hour
Frequency	107.3 (MHz)
First air date	August 1st, 1963
Format	Urban Contemporary (Urban Adult Contemporary)
ERP	100,000 watts
Callsign meaning	W JaM Z
Owner	Cox Broadcasting
Sister stations	WHZT, WJMZ-FM
Website	http://1073jamz.com/

WJMZ-FM is an urban contemporary radio station that serves the Upstate that is licensed to Anderson. WJMZ is owned by Cox Radio Inc. alongside rhythmic contemporary hits sister station, "Hot 98.1" WHZT. The target audience is the 25-54 demographic and it is the only station in the Greenville/Spartanburg Arbitron metro serving the urban market. According to recent Arbitron ratings, WJMZ has also consistently maintained the position as the #1 music station in the Greenville-Spartanburg (#60) radio market.

[edit] History

The station that would become "107.3 Jamz" began as WANS on August 1st, 1963. WANS flipped from Top 40 to Adult Contemporary-formatted, WWMM, "Magic 107.3" in February 1991 due to the station being sold to new owners. In 1994, due to low ratings, Adult Contemporary formatted, "Magic 107.3" WWMM changed format and call letters to Urban Contemporary, "107.3 Jamz", WJMZ. WJMZ carried the station slogan, "The Peoples' Station" until 2003, in which it changed to "Today's R&B" -- and modified its format to Urban Adult Contemporary (almost dropping hip hop entirely) due to competition from WHZT. They also recently added the addition slogan to the moniker, "50 Minutes of Music Every Hour", a slogan on other Cox Radio owned urban radio stations.

[edit] Station lineup

Monday-Saturday

• The Tom Joyner Morning Show 6-10a
• Sonny Andre 10a-2p
• Kelly Mac 2p-6p
• Various Personalities 6-10p

Sunday-Thursday

• The Quiet Storm with Kenny "The Mac" Miles 10p-2a
• Contemporary Gospel with Pastor Curtis Johnson 4-6a

Friday & Saturday Nights

• Club 107.3 10p-2a

Sundays

• Pause for the Cause with Joy Phillips 6-7a
• Sunday Gospel with Curtis Johnson 7a-1p

[edit] Station management

• Vice President/General Manager Steve Sinicropi
• Operations Manager/Program Director Steve Crumbley
• General Sales Manager David Abel
• News/Public Affairs Director Joy Phillips

[edit] External links

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

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