WJMN (FM)

WJMN (FM)

Infobox Radio Station
name = WJMN


city = Boston, Massachusetts
area = Greater Boston
branding = "Jam'n 94.5"
slogan = "Official #1 for Blazin' Hip Hop and R&B!"
airdate =
frequency = 94.5 (MHz) HD Radio
94.5 HD-2 for Classic Hip-Hop
format = Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio
erp = 9,200 watts
haat = 353 meters
class = B
facility_id = 53972
owner = Clear Channel Communications
sister_stations = WKOX, WXKS, WXKS-FM
webcast = [http://www.jamn945.com/cc-common/streaming_new/ Listen Live]
website = [http://www.jamn945.com/ www.jamn945.com]
callsign_meaning = W JaM ' N

WJMN is a successful Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Its current slogan is " #1 For Blazin' Hip Hop And Today's Hottest Music!" The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its broadcasts can be heard as far north as the White Mountains under good conditions, as well as in portions of Maine, Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut and southeastern Vermont.

History

WJMN was originally WHDH-FM, a sister station to and simulcast of WHDH-AM. In the mid 1960s, to comply with an FCC regulation limiting simulcasting between commonly-owned AM and FM stations in the same city, WHDH-FM began separate programming. In the late 1960s, WHDH-FM briefly tried a rock format, but by the end of the decade had become "beautiful music". Although this format remained until 1975, it was not particularly successful, despite a 1972 attempt to establish a separate identity by changing the call letters to WCOZ.

WCOZ

Originally owned by Herald-Traveler Corp., parent of the "Boston Herald-Traveler" newspaper, the station was sold to Blair Radio in 1972, and in the 1980s to Sconnix. Several ownership changes followed which eventually resulted in Clear Channel acquiring WJMN.

In the summer of 1975, WCOZ announced that it would change its format to album-oriented rock, which it did on August 15th of that year. Although automated at first, a team of live announcers was hired, led by Ken Shelton and program director Clark Smidt. By the end of 1975, WCOZ had live announcers around the clock and had become successful.

In 1980, new program director John Sebastian arrived and made some changes. WCOZ was still a rock station, but its focus had tightened to loud, hard rock (or "Kick-Ass Rock 'N Roll", according to the station's slogan) with minimal announcer talk. It was extremely successful, but with the changes in rock music during the 1980s, the station's success did not last; its rival WBCN moved past it in the ratings.

WZOU

In 1984, the station's call letters were changed to WZOU. P.D. Harry Nelson had success with a top 40 format including personalities J.J.McKay, Tom Jeffries, Karen Blake, Brian Pierce & Bob Campbell. Z-94 continued in that format until adopting its current Rhythmic Contemporary Hits format on May 11th 1993.

Jam'n 94.5 is one of Boston's most successful radio stations. The station's morning show was hosted for several years by Balthazar and Pebbles. Balthazar has since moved on, giving way to the current Ramiro and Pebbles morning show. The station plays a variety of music along the lines of Urban Contemporary Hits, heavy on the hip-hop to the extent of not playing non rap rhythmic tracks. However, several music trades (like Mediabase) and Arbitron have listed WJMN as Rhythmic because the audience they target is racially mixed and the region's African-American population is not that large. Boston is the largest market without an Urban Radio formatted station; Hip Hop station WBOT, turned R&B station WILD, has been defunct since the summer of 2006 when Radio One sold it.

WJMN also has an HD2 digital feed specializing in old-school hip-hop music; it is available as an Internet broadcast as well and went on the air 27 January 2006.

WJMN radio is unrelated to WJMN-TV, a CBS affiliate in Escanaba, Michigan.

Current Personalities

*Pebbles
*Ramiro "The Freakin' Puerto Rican"
*Melissa
*Krazy Kulo
*DJ Pup Dawg
*Problem Child
*Bobby Blaze
*Maverick
*Hustle Simmons
*DJ G-Spin
*Akrobatik

Past Personalities

* Baltazar
* Chuck Dogg
* Chris Tyler
* Deirdre Dagata
* Fast Freddy
* Frat Boy Neil
* Kobe
*

External links

* [http://www.jamn945.com/ JAM'N 94.5 Website]
* [http://www.jamn945.com/cc-common/streaming_new/gen.asx/ JAM'N 94.5 On Demand Download]
*FMQ|WJMN
*FML|WJMN
*FMARB|WJMN


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