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| Broadcast area | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Frequency | 95.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 95.7 Jamz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Mainstream urban/Rhythmic contemporary |
| Subchannels | HD2: WAGG simulcast (Urban gospel) HD3: WAY-FM (Contemporary Christian) |
| Ownership | |
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| WAGG, WBHK, WBPT, WENN, WPYA, WZZK-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1958 (as WTBC-FM) |
Former call signs | WTBC-FM (1958–1969) WUOA (1969–1984) WFFX (1984–1996)[1] |
Call sign meaning | "Birmingham's Jamz"[2] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 730 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 12,000 watts |
| HAAT | 306 meters |
| Translator(s) | 106.3 W292EI (Warrior) HD3: 89.9 W210CA (Birmingham) HD3: 99.1 W256CD (Fultondale) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 957jamz.com |
WBHJ (95.7 FM) is an urban-leaning rhythmic-formatted radio station that serves Birmingham, Alabama. In 2005, it also began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity. It is owned by SummitMedia along with six other stations in the market, and all share studios in the Cahaba neighborhood in far southeast Birmingham where the Program Director is Nuyork.[3] Its transmitter is located atop Red Mountain in Birmingham.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ Nelson, Bob (October 18, 2008). "Call Letter Origins". The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved October 31, 2008.
- ^ Ekman, Jennifer (September 1, 2006). "Cox rocks Birmingham". Birmingham Business Journal.