| Broadcast area | Fort Myers–Southwest Florida |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 100.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Magic 100.1 |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Latin pop andadult contemporary music |
| Subchannels | HD2: Unknown |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBCG,WBTT,WCCF,WCKT,WCVU,WIKX,WOLZ,WWCD | |
| History | |
First air date | 1976; 49 years ago (1976) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Jazz" (former format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35213 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 84,000watts |
| HAAT | 323 meters (1,060 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | magicftmyers.iheart.com |
WZJZ (100.1FM) is a commercialradio stationlicensed toPort Charlotte, Florida,[2] and broadcasting to theFort Myers–Southwest Floridamedia market. WZJZ is owned byiHeartMedia and airs a hybridLatin pop andadult contemporary musicformat branded as "Magic 100.1".
The station's studios and offices are on Metro Parkway in Fort Myers,[3] and itstransmitter is off Horseshoe Road inPunta Gorda.[4]
In 1976, the station firstsigned on at 100.1 MHz in Port Charlotte. It had thecall sign WEEJ with an effective radiated power of 3,000watts.[5] It began with an alldisco format.[6] Through most of the 1980s it had anadult contemporary format until switching formats various times through the 1990s. In 2003, it took the callsign WCKT as "Cat Country 100."
On March 21, 2007, when it was asmooth jazz station, WZJZ moved from 107.1 FM to 100.1 FM, swapping frequencies with co-ownedcountry music stationWCKT. WCKT is now heard at 107.1, while WZJZ continues at 100.1. This gave WZJZ sizable signal improvements to the north of Fort Myers, going fromClass A to Class C, while also reducing signal redundancy for the country format, as Clear Channel also owns another country station, 92.9WIKX, in the Port Charlotte area.
On March 29, 2009, at midnight, WZJZ began to repeatedly play the same portion of the song "I Like to Move It" byReel 2 Real as astunt in preparation for a format change. The new station was slated to be called Move 100.1. On March 30, 2009, WZJZ flipped to an upbeatrhythmic adult contemporary format and adopted the "Z100" moniker. Its logo was patterned after itsTop 40sister stationsKKRZ inPortland, Oregon, andWHTZ inNew York, New York.
On July 25, 2011, after a weekend of stunting, WZJZ flipped toTop 40/CHR, using the monikerY100, even though there is no "Y" in the call letters.[7] The station's format and logo were patterned after its sister station in nearbyMiami,WHYI, but customized for Southwest Floridians. The flip to Top 40 gave iHeartMedia two Top 40 stations in the Fort Myers market, along withrhythmic contemporaryWBTT. In 2013, WZJZ once again switched its logo to match WHYI, but with some slight differences.[8]
On March 24, 2016, at midnight, WZJZ tweaked its format to Hot AC and rebranded as "Y100.1".[9]
On January 12, 2024 at 5 a.m., after playing "Enemy" byImagine Dragons, WZJZ shifted to a hybrid format consisting of both Spanish and English-language adult contemporary music (with the imaging of the station done entirely in Spanish), branded as "Magic 100.1" (the first song under the format being "The Best" byTina Turner), mirroring a similar move at iHeart-ownedWMIA-FM across the state inMiami; the move is an attempt to mimic the success WMIA had following its own launch the previous November.[10]
(WZJZ's logo under previous CHR format)
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