WJRZ-FM
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| City | Manahawkin, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | Ocean County, New Jersey |
| Branding | 100.1 WJRZ |
| Slogan | Jersey's Greatest Hits, Home of the No-Repeat Guarantee |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | W264AM (100.7, Toms River) W300AO (107.9, Manahawkin, relays HD2) |
| First air date | July 4, 1976 |
| Format | FM/HD1: Classic Hits HD2: Mainstream rock (WRAT simulcast) |
| ERP | 1,700 watts |
| HAAT | 133 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 31078 |
| Callsign meaning | JeRSey (sic) |
| Owner |
Beasley Broadcast Group (Jersey Shore Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Sister stations | WRAT, WMTR, WDHA-FM, WCTC, WMGQ |
| Webcast |
Listen Live (requires login) Listen Live via iHeart |
| Website | wjrz.com |
WJRZ-FM (100.1 FM) is a Classic Hits radio station, located in New Jersey.
WJRZ began broadcasting on July 4, 1976 from Manahawkin, New Jersey 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 WJRZ", "FM 100 WJRZ", and as "HitRadio Power 100 WJRZ". The station was originally licensed to the Jersey Shore Broadcasting Corporation, which was incorporated in New Jersey in 1974, with Joseph J. Knox, Jr., as president and Brent McNally VP and founders. The station signed on air as an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network and later switched to AP Radio. From its sign-on the station grew its listenership very quickly. WJRZ has had a long history of talented music hosts and newscasters. They include (1970s) Jason "Big Jay" Sorensen, Jay Lurie, Brent McNally, Bob Sorrentino, Terry Barnes, Joe Stephens, Ron Stevens, Lance DeBock, Mike Brophy, A.J. Brooks, Arthur Sarnovsky, Chuck Flamini, Karyn Westhoven, Chris VanZant and many,many others. The station maintained studios and a 340 ft (100 m). tower on 16 acres (65,000 m2) on Beach Avenue in Manahawkin, next to AT&T High Seas Radio Station WOO. The transmitter was later moved to a 500 ft (150 m). tower on 20 acres (81,000 m2) off Route 9 in Waretown.
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 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 Sunday nights. The station dropped one of its signature programs- Jukebox Saturday Night with Joe Stephens in June, 2009. WJRZ-FM started broadcasting in HD Radio in November 2007. WJRZ-FM's HD2 multicast channel will be "Classic Oldies," however a launch date has not been established. Its transmitter is located in Waretown.
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