broadcast area the upstate branding 107.3 jamz slogan today s r & b 50 minutes of music every hour frequency 107.3 mhz also on hd radio translator s 99.5 w258cb greenville relays hd3 98.5 w253bg greenville relays hd2 94.1 w231ba spartanburg relays hd4 first air date august 1st 1963 format urban adult contemporary hd2 alternative rock x98 .5 hd3 adult hits 99.5 chuck fm hd4 whzt simulcast erp 100 000 watts haat 308 meters class c0 facility id 1303 transmitter coordinates 34 42 7.00 n 82 36 19.00 w 34.7019444 n 82.6052778 w 34.7019444 ; 82.6052778 callsign meaning w jam z former callsigns wans fm 1963 1991 wwmm 1991 1993 owner summit media llc sm wjmz llc sister stations whzt webcast wjmz webstream wjmz hd2 webstream wjmz hd3 webstream website 1073jamz . com x985fm.com hd2 977chuckfm . com hd3 wjmz fm 107.3 fm is an urban contemporary radio station licensed to anderson south carolina and serves the upstate south carolina region including greenville and spartanburg . branded as 107.3 jamz the summit media outlet is licensed by the federal communications commission fcc to broadcast at 107.3 mhz with an erp of 100 kw . its studios are located at noma square in downtown greenville and its transmitter is located near pendleton . the target audience is the 25 54 demographic and it is one of two stations in the greenville spartanburg arbitron metro exclusively serving the urban market wmxp lp 95.5 is the other . its sister whzt is a rhythmic contemporary hit radio station . according to recent arbitron ratings wjmz has consistently maintained the position as the 1 radio station in the greenville spartanburg 60 radio market in most demographics for over 3 years . contents 1 history 2 hd radio 3 references 4 external links history edit 107.3 began as wans fm on august 1 1963 . 107.3 wans was a very highly rated top 40 radio station for many years . they broadcast out of studios in anderson south carolina on clemson boulevard . after being a top 40 powerhouse for many years owner radio anderson sold them to another local owner in 1988 . the new owner drastically cut staff promotions etc. ratings dropped in a drastic way . by 1990 the station was bankrupt and then sold again . wans fm flipped from top 40 to adult contemporary formatted wwmm as magic 107.3 in february 1991 after the station was sold to new owners . in 1994 due to low ratings and facing competition from wmyi and wspa fm the adult contemporary format was dropped . 107.3 wwmm changed format and call letters to urban contemporary as 107.3 jamz wjmz . in 1995 amcom carolinas inc. sold wjmz to wroq owner abs communications inc. which immediately took over wjmz in a local marketing agreement for 5.3 million . 1 wjmz carried the station slogan the peoples station until 2003 in which it changed to today s r & b . wjmz fm earned a marconi award as urban station of the year from the national association of broadcasters in 2009 and another for medium market personality of the year in 2010 awarded to kelly mac they also recently added the addition slogan to the moniker 50 minutes of music every hour a slogan on other cox radio owned radio stations . on july 20 2012 cox radio inc. announced the sale of wjmz and 22 other stations to summit media llc for 66.25 million . the sale was consummated on may 3 2013 . 2 3 hd radio edit wjmz hd2 broadcasts an alternative rock format branded as x98 .5 relayed on fm translator w253bg 98.5 fm greenville . wjmz hd3 broadcasts an adult hits format branded as 99.5 chuck fm on 97.7 until august 19 2016 4 relayed on fm translator w258cb 99.5 fm greenville . wjmz hd4 simulcasts sister station whzt . this is to feed a translator w231ba 94.1 fm spartanburg that allows whzt to boost its signal in spartanburg county . until august 6 2012 this format was carried on wjmz hd2 . broadcast translators of wjmz fm call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w class fcc info w231ba 94.1 spartanburg south carolina 250 d fcc w258cb 99.5 greenville south carolina 250 d fcc w253bg 98.5 greenville south carolina 200 d fcc references edit newsline . billboard . 107 22 104 . jun 3 1995 . https radioinsight.com blog headlines 59007 cox puts clusters up for sale https radioinsight.com blog headlines 80882 cox sells stations in six markets to two groups venta lance august 12 2016 . greenville s chuck fm on the move . radioinsight . retrieved august 12 2016 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wjmz radio locator information on wjmz query nielsen audio s fm station database for wjmz query the fcc s fm station database for w258cb radio locator information on w258cb v t e radio stations in the greenville spartanburg upstate south carolina market by am frequency 660 800 910 950 1020 1070 1230 1260 1280 1300 1330 1360 1400 1440 1490 1530 1540 1580 by fm frequency 89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 91.5 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.5 95.5 95.9 96.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.5 101.1 101.5 102.5 103.1 103.3 103.9 104.9 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.3 by callsign w209cm w242bx w253bg w258cb waim wans wasc wbwt lp wccp fm wcki wcsz wdab welp wepr wesc fm wfbc fm wgtk fm wgvl whqa whzt wjmz fm wksf wlfj wlfj fm wmit wmxp lp wmyi woli word wpci wpjf wpjm wrix wroo wroq wrth wspa fm wspg wssl fm wtbi wtob wtpt wyfg wyrd wyrd fm defunct wfis 1600 south carolina radio markets charleston columbia florence greenville spartanburg myrtle beach rock hill other south carolina radio regions hilton head see also list of radio stations in south carolina v t e urban contemporary radio stations in the state of south carolina stations wcmg latta wdai pawleys island whxt orangeburg wiiz blackville wjmz anderson wksp aiken wlvh hardeeville wlxc columbia wmgl ravenal wscz winnsboro wwdm sumter wwwz summerville wxbt west columbia wxst hollywood wynn fm florence wztf scranton see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in south carolina retrieved from https 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