WJZZ
Encyclopedia
WJZZ is a non-commercial educational
radio station
licensed
to serve North Salem, New York
, USA. The station is owned by Foothills Public Radio, Inc. The station will air a jazz music and community radio
format.
The WJZZ call letters were eventually transferred to Detroit station WCHB-FM at some point in the late 1970's or early 1980's. WJZZ (105.9 FM) was a popular classic jazz / jazz fusion station in Detroit and became one of the first U.S. stations ever to use the Smooth Jazz format. WJZZ was flipped to an Urban Contemporary format in August 1996, and it's call sign changed to WDMK.
Where the call-sign WJZZ was used between 1997 and 2000 is not known. In June of 2001, FM 107.5 in Atlanta changed format to Smooth Jazz, and it took the call-sign WJZZ. This station was possibly the last "Smooth Jazz" station in the Eastern US to drop the format in April 2009.
from the Federal Communications Commission
on January 22, 2008
. The new station was assigned the call sign
WVWA by the FCC on May 29, 2008. While still under construction, the station applied for a new call sign and was assigned WJJZ by the FCC on September 22, 2008. The station was assigned the current WJZZ call letters by the FCC on March 31, 2009.
Non-commercial educational
The term non-commercial educational applies to a radio station or TV station that does not accept on air advertisements , as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission . NCE stations do not pay broadcast license fees for their non-profit uses of the radio spectrum...
radio station
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
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to serve North Salem, New York
North Salem, New York
North Salem is a town in the northeast part of Westchester County, New York, United States. The county ranks second for wealthiest counties in New York State and the seventh wealthiest county nationally...
, USA. The station is owned by Foothills Public Radio, Inc. The station will air a jazz music and community radio
Community radio
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format.
Call sign
The call letters WJZZ originally belonged to an FM station in Bridgeport Connecticut starting in 1960, which changed later to WEZN (Star 99.9). The Connecticut WJZZ began as an all-jazz station and was one of the pioneers of the "All-Jazz" format, and for a time Dave Brubeck was a program director for the station. In 1964 it switched to broadcasting the "Top 60" classical performances, compiled in part by Leonard Bernstein. Later, when it began broadcasting in FM stereo, it expanded its lineup to the "Top 100" classical performances while still retaining its original WJZZ call sign.The WJZZ call letters were eventually transferred to Detroit station WCHB-FM at some point in the late 1970's or early 1980's. WJZZ (105.9 FM) was a popular classic jazz / jazz fusion station in Detroit and became one of the first U.S. stations ever to use the Smooth Jazz format. WJZZ was flipped to an Urban Contemporary format in August 1996, and it's call sign changed to WDMK.
Where the call-sign WJZZ was used between 1997 and 2000 is not known. In June of 2001, FM 107.5 in Atlanta changed format to Smooth Jazz, and it took the call-sign WJZZ. This station was possibly the last "Smooth Jazz" station in the Eastern US to drop the format in April 2009.
Station
This station received its original construction permitConstruction permit
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from the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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on January 22, 2008
2008 in radio
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. The new station was assigned the call sign
Call sign
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WVWA by the FCC on May 29, 2008. While still under construction, the station applied for a new call sign and was assigned WJJZ by the FCC on September 22, 2008. The station was assigned the current WJZZ call letters by the FCC on March 31, 2009.