WJWZ
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| City | Wetumpka, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Branding | 97.9 Jamz |
| Slogan | "The People's Station" |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1998 |
| Format | Urban Contemporary |
| ERP | 3,700 watts |
| HAAT | 92.3 meters (302 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 70356 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°27′08″N 86°12′35″W / 32.45222°N 86.20972°W |
| Callsign meaning | JamZ |
| Former callsigns | WICE (1997-1998) |
| Owner | Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC (Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WACV, WGMP, WBAM-FM, WQKS-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 979jamz.com |
WJWZ, also known as 97.9 Jamz, is an urban contemporary 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.
Vision Communications, Ltd. received the original construction permit to build a new 3,700 watt FM station at 97.9 MHz from the Federal Communications Commission on May 28, 1996. This construction permit was transferred from Vision Communications, Ltd. to Vision Communications, Ltd. II in April 1997. The new station was assigned the call letters WICE by the FCC on July 7, 1997.
In April 1998, control of permit holder Vision Communications, Ltd. II was transferred from Philip L. Williams to Montgomery Broadcast Properties, Ltd. On April 4, 1998, the station applied to the FCC for program test authority which was finally granted on July 24, 1998. The station's call letters were changed to the current WJWZ on April 24, 1998. The transfer to Montgomery Broadcast Properties, Ltd., was approved by the FCC on June 19, 1998.
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