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| Broadcast area | Montgomery, Alabama |
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| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| Branding | 97.9 Jamz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WACV, WGMP, WBAM-FM, WQKS-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1998 |
Former call signs | WICE (1997–1998)[1] |
Call sign meaning | JamZ |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70356 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,700 watts |
| HAAT | 92.3 meters (302 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°27′08″N 86°12′35″W / 32.45222°N 86.20972°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 979jamz.com |
WJWZ, also known as 97.9 Jamz, is an urban contemporary[3] formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 97.9 MHz and licensed to Wetumpka, Alabama. The station is locally owned and operated by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's transmitter is located in Montgomery. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery.
Local on-air personalities include Michelle C, Doughboy, and Frank White. WJWZ also participates in Montgomery rating survey by Arbitron (Market #150) and is monitored by Mediabase. It is the home of Tom Joyner in the mornings as of October 2013, after crosstown urban WWMG dropped him for Steve Harvey. Joyner replaces Russ Parr after five years, whom in turn replaced Doug Banks on the station.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
fcc1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJWZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.