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WJZZ
Montgomery, New York;
Frequency	88.1 MHz
Branding	Jazz FM
Programming
Format	Jazz (currently silent)
Ownership
Owner	Hudson Valley Public Radio, Inc.
History
Former call signs	WGMY (2006–2009); WNYX (2009–2014); WQCD (March 31–October 2, 2014)
Technical information
Facility ID	89510
Class	A
ERP	1,150 watts; 70 watts (STA)
HAAT	35 meters (115 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°28′37.74″N 74°16′8.34″W / 41.4771500°N 74.2689833°W; 41°26′31.10″N 74°13′40.44″W / 41.4419722°N 74.2279000°W{{#coordinates:}}: cannot have more than one primary tag per page (STA)
Translator(s)	W258CU 99.5 (Redwood, NY); W201DO 88.1 (Milford, PA)

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WJZZ is a radio station at 88.1 MHz in Montgomery, New York.

The station, organized as a 501(c)(3), went off the air in September 2018, due to lack of funding;^[1] the station briefly broadcast again on August 22, 2019, to keep its license.

History

Call sign

The call letters WJZZ originally belonged to an FM station in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It started in 1960 by John E. Metts, of Weston, Connecticut, the Vice President of a Bridgeport news station, WICC. Mr. Metts started the venture in partnership with Dave Brubeck as the program director. The Connecticut WJZZ began as an all-jazz station and was one of the pioneers of the "all-jazz" format. In 1964 it switched to broadcasting the "Top 60" classical performances, compiled in part by Leonard Bernstein. In early 1967, 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. WJZZ dropped the call letters to become WPSB on September 13, 1971; the station changed later to WEZN-FM.

In 1974, the WJZZ call letters landed on Detroit station WCHD-FM. 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 its call sign changed back to WCHD, then later to WDMK. When Bell Broadcasting dropped the WJZZ call letters from the Detroit station, it parked them at stations it owned elsewhere in the state, first 1250 AM in Bridgeport, Michigan, then 1210 AM in Kingsley.

In June 2001, 107.5 FM in the Atlanta area changed format to smooth jazz and adopted the WJZZ call letters; it is now WAMJ. From 2009 to 2014, the calls were assigned to a radio station in North Salem, New York that is now WPUT.

References

^ https://jazzfm.org/

External links

Facility details for Facility ID WJZZ ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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[1] ttps://jazzfm.org/

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 {{short description|Radio station in Montgomery, New York}}
 {{Multiple issues|{{refimprove|date=September 2018}}{{more footnotes|date=November 2014}}}}
+{{Infobox radio station
+| name                 = WJZZ
+| image                =
+| city                 = [[Montgomery, New York]]
+| slogan               =
+| branding             = Jazz FM
+| frequency            = 88.1 [[MHz]]
+| translator           = W258CU 99.5 (Redwood, NY)<br>W201DO 88.1 (Milford, PA)
+| airdate              =
+| format               = Jazz (currently silent)
+| erp                  = 1,150 [[watt]]s<br>70 watts (STA)
+| haat                 = {{convert|35|m|ft|sp=us}}
+| class                = A
+| facility_id          = 89510
+| coordinates          = {{coord|41|28|37.74|N|74|16|8.34|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br>{{coord|41|26|31.10|N|74|13|40.44|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} (STA)
+| callsign_meaning     =
+| former_callsigns     = WGMY (2006–2009)<br>WNYX (2009–2014)<br>WQCD (March 31–October 2, 2014)
+| owner                = Hudson Valley Public Radio, Inc.
+| licensee             =
+| sister_stations      =
+| webcast              =
+| website              =
+| affiliations         =
+}}
-'''WJZZ''' is a radio station at 88.1 in [[Montgomery, New York]].
+'''WJZZ''' is a radio station at 88.1 MHz in [[Montgomery, New York]].
-The station, organized as a 501(c)(3), went off the air in September, 2018, due to lack of funding.<ref>https://jazzfm.org/</ref>
+The station, organized as a 501(c)(3), went off the air in September 2018, due to lack of funding;<ref>https://jazzfm.org/</ref> the station briefly broadcast again on August 22, 2019, to keep its license.
 ==History==
 ===Call sign===
-The call letters WJZZ originally belonged to an FM station in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. It started in 1960 by John E. Metts, of Weston, Connecticut, the Vice President of a Bridgeport news station, WICC. Mr. Metts started the venture in partnership with [[Dave Brubeck]] as the program director. WJZZ 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. In 1964 it switched to broadcasting the "Top 60" classical performances, compiled in part by [[Leonard Bernstein]]. In early 1967, 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 call letters WJZZ originally belonged to an FM station in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. It started in 1960 by John E. Metts, of Weston, Connecticut, the Vice President of a Bridgeport news station, WICC. Mr. Metts started the venture in partnership with [[Dave Brubeck]] as the program director. The Connecticut WJZZ began as an all-jazz station and was one of the pioneers of the "all-jazz" format. In 1964 it switched to broadcasting the "Top 60" classical performances, compiled in part by [[Leonard Bernstein]]. In early 1967, 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. WJZZ dropped the call letters to become WPSB on September 13, 1971; the station changed later to [[WEZN-FM]].
-The WJZZ call letters were eventually transferred to [[Detroit]] station WCHD-FM at some point in the early 1970s.  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 its call sign changed back to WCHD, then later, to WDMK.
+In 1974, the WJZZ call letters landed on [[Detroit]] station WCHD-FM. 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 its call sign changed back to WCHD, then later to [[WDMK]]. When Bell Broadcasting dropped the WJZZ call letters from the Detroit station, it parked them at stations it owned elsewhere in the state, first [[WJMK (AM)|1250 AM in Bridgeport, Michigan]], then [[WJNL|1210 AM in Kingsley]].
-From 1997 to 2001 the calls were assigned to a radio station in Philadelphia at 106.1 FM.
+In June 2001, 107.5 FM in the [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] area changed format to smooth jazz and adopted the WJZZ call letters; it is now [[WAMJ]]. From 2009 to 2014, the calls were assigned to a radio station in [[North Salem, New York]] that is now [[WPUT (FM)|WPUT]].
-Where the call-sign WJZZ was used between 1997 and 2000 is not known.  In June 2001, FM 107.5 in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] changed format to Smooth Jazz, and it took the call-sign WJZZ.
-From 2009 to 2014, the calls were assigned to a radio station in [[North Salem, New York]] that is now [[WPUT (FM)|WPUT]].
 ==References==
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 == External links ==
 {{FM station data|WJZZ}}
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 {{Hudson Valley Radio}}