WJZ-FM
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| City | Catonsville, Maryland |
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| Broadcast area | Baltimore metropolitan area |
| Branding | 105.7 The Fan |
| Slogan | "Baltimore's New Sports Leader" |
| Frequency | 105.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | November 11, 1961 (as WBMD-FM) |
| Format | Analog/HD1: Sports HD2: Business news (WDCH-FM simulcast) HD3: Sports (WJZ simulcast) |
| ERP | 50,000 watts (analog) 2,390 watts (digital) |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 1916 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°19′26″N 76°32′56″W / 39.32389°N 76.54889°W (NAD27) |
| Callsign meaning | New JerZ (Jersey); Original call letters of what is now WABC (AM) in New York City when it was located in Newark, New Jersey |
| Former callsigns | WHFS (2005-2008) WXYV (2001-2005) WQSR (1982-2001) WKTK (1977-1982) WBMD-FM (1961-1977) |
| Affiliations |
CBS Sports Radio Baltimore Orioles |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (CBS Radio Stations Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WJZ, WJZ-TV, WLIF, WDCH-FM, WWMX-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | CBS Baltimore Sports |
WJZ-FM (105.7 FM, "105.7 The Fan") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Catonsville, Maryland. The station is owned by CBS Radio through licensee CBS Radio Stations Inc. and broadcasts a sports format with local shows most of the day and programming from CBS Sports Radio during the evening and overnight hours. Studios are located in Towson, Maryland while the broadcast tower used by the station is located in Baltimore's Frankford neighborhood at (39°19′26.4″N 76°32′54.8″W / 39.324000°N 76.548556°W).
The call letters WJZ-FM were originally used on what is now WPLJ in New York City from its founding in 1948 to 1953 when the station became WABC-FM, alongside WABC-TV and WABC-AM.
The call letters "WJZ" were originally created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the direct predecessor to the current CBS Corporation. Westinghouse was the owner of WJZ radio in Newark, New Jersey from 1921 to 1923, before it moved to New York. The "JZ" in the call sign referred to New Jersey. The WJZ call letters have been used in Baltimore since 1957, when WAAM (channel 13) was renamed to WJZ-TV, an ABC Network affiliate that was changed to CBS in 1995.
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