- WJRZ-FM
Infobox Radio station
name = WJRZ-FM
city =Manahawkin, NJ
area = Monmouth-Ocean, NJ
branding = "100.1 WJRZ"
slogan = "Jersey's Greatest Hits"
frequency = 100.1MHz (Also inHD Radio )
format =Oldies /Classic Hits
erp = 1,200watt s
haat = 133meter s
class = A
callsign_meaning = "Jersey"
owner =Greater Media
sister_stations =WRAT , WMTR,WDHA ,WCTC ,WMGQ ,WWTR
webcast = [http://tuner1.dc1.sonixtream.com/playlists/wjrz/wjrzWJRZFM.asx Listen Live]
website = http://www.wjrz.comWJRZ-FM began broadcasting on July 4th 1976 from Manahawkin NJ with a Top 40 format that also played a lot of Recurrents. The original city of license was Ship Bottom, later changed to Manahawkin, and used the ID "Manahawkin-Toms River. Some of the early slogans used were "Stereo 100" and "FM 100" - later using "Power 100" The station was originally licensed to Jersey Shore Broadcasting Corporation, which was incorporated in NJ in 1974 with Joseph J. Knox, Jr., as President and Founder. The station signed on air as an affilate of the ABC radio network and later switched to AP Radio. The station maintained studios and transmitter and a 340 tower on 16 acres on Beach Avenue in Manahawkin NJ next to AT&T High Seas Radio Station WOO. The transmitter was later moved to a 500 foot tower on 20 acres off Route 9 in Waretown NJ. The CHR/Hot AC format continued until November 1991, when WJRZ moved to a classic hits format, but went back to CHR by the middle of 1992. In December 1998, WJRZ dropped Hot AC in favor of country as "Jersey Shore Country." The country format had a mixed reaction from area listeners and failed to attract a significant number of listeners.
In June 2000, they flipped to oldies as "Oldies 100," and in 2002 ownership changed to
Greater Media .WJRZ-FM Today
WJRZ-FM has moved away from the "Oldies 100" slogan, re-branding themselves as "100.1 WJRZ - The Greatest Hits Of the 60's & 70's", and in early 2008, simply using "Jersey's Greatest Hits" and dropping all pre-Beatles music except for Saturday & Sunday nights. WJRZ started broadcasting in HD Radio in November 2007. WJRZ's HD2 multicast channel will be "Classic Oldies," however a launch date has not been established. Its transmitter is located in
Waretown, New Jersey .It is worth noting there was another WJRZ, a country music station at 970 AM in Hackensack, New Jersey, in the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1971, it switched to a Top 40 format and became WWDJ. In 1974, it switched to a religious format, and as of 2008 is slated to switch formats again to secular talk.
Buck Owens mentions WJRZ 970AM and it's then owner, Ed Nielson, in track seven of his 1966 recording, "Carnegie Hall Concert With Buck Owens And His Buckaroos", recorded live by Capital Records.
Technical
WJRZ's primary coverage area extends from Atlantic City to the south, Medford to the west and Belmar to the north.
External links
*FMQ|WJRZ
*FML|WJRZ
*FMARB|WJRZ
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