WMJX
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| City | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Branding | Magic 106.7 |
| Slogan | Today's Hits, Yesterday's Favorites Boston's Christmas Station (Nov.-Dec.) |
| Frequency | 106.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | December 15, 1957 (as WBZ-FM) |
| Format | FM/HD1: Adult contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.) HD2: Christmas music (switches to Adult contemporary when main station is playing Christmas music) |
| ERP | 21,500 watts |
| HAAT | 235 meters (771 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 25052 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°20′50.0″N 71°4′59.0″W / 42.347222°N 71.083056°W |
| Callsign meaning | MJ = Magic |
| Former callsigns | WBZ-FM (1957-1981) |
| Owner |
Beasley Broadcast Group (Greater Boston Radio Group, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBOS, WBQT, WKLB-FM, WRCA, WROR-FM |
| Webcast |
Listen Live or Listen via Streema Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website | magic1067.com |
WMJX (106.7 FM; "Magic 106.7") is a radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts. It has an adult contemporary format. The station's transmitter is located atop the Prudential Tower in Downtown Boston, and its studios are located in the Dorchester section of Boston. The station is one of Boston's most successful radio stations. WMJX broadcasts Christmas music year-round on their HD2 subchannel.
The 106.7 frequency in Boston was first used on December 15, 1957 as WBZ-FM, the FM complement to WBZ, under the ownership of Westinghouse Broadcasting. The station's earliest format was a classical music format, and later evolved into a combination simulcast of the AM station during the morning, with the classical music at other times.
On December 31, 1971, WBZ-FM became a rock music station as "Rockin' Stereo 106.7", programming mostly top 40 with some album cuts. Although automated, it featured voice-tracked announcing from Clark Smidt (who also programmed the station) and Ken Shelton. For a time in the mid-1970s, WBZ-FM was Boston's second most popular top 40 station, trailing only WRKO. In 1975, both Smidt and Shelton left to join WCOZ, which was changing formats from beautiful-music to album-oriented rock. By 1979, WBZ-FM had drifted into an automated album-oriented rock format itself, which remained in place through 1981.
During the years as a rock station, WBZ-FM also simulcast the hourly newscasts from WBZ, the commercial spots on which were the only commercials heard on the FM side.
In 1981, WBZ-FM was sold to Greater Media, becoming that company's first Boston station. Under the new ownership, the station signed off at the end of 1981. During this silent period, Greater Media installed a new transmitter and increased the height of the antenna on the WBZ-TV tower. A few years later, the transmission equipment was relocated to the Prudential Tower, improving the station's signal in Downtown Boston.
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