WAMJ

This article is about the FM station broadcasting on 107.5 FM in Roswell, Georgia. For FM station formerly known as WAMJ, see WPZE.

WAMJ
City	Roswell, Georgia
Broadcast area	metro Atlanta
Branding	Majic 107.5
Slogan	Atlanta's Best Mix of R&B
Frequency	107.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	102.9 W275BK (Decatur, relays HD2)
First air date	February 6, 1998
Format	Urban AC HD2: Classic hip hop "Boom 102.9"
ERP	18,000 watts horizontal 33,000 watts vertical
HAAT	185 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	31872
Transmitter coordinates	33°55′54.00″N 84°20′43.00″W / 33.9316667°N 84.3452778°W / 33.9316667; -84.3452778
Callsign meaning	W Atlanta's MaJic
Former callsigns	WJZZ-FM (2001–2009) WAMJ (1998–2001) WTHA (1996–1998)
Owner	Radio One (of Atlanta) (Radio One Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WHTA, WPZE, WUMJ
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	www.majicatl.com myboom1029.com (HD2)

WAMJ (107.5 FM, "Majic 107.5") is a radio station broadcasting an Urban AC format. Licensed to the suburb of Roswell, Georgia, it serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1997 under the call sign WTHA. The station is currently owned by Radio One, via licensee Radio One Licenses, LLC.

The station broadcasts from studios at Centennial Tower in downtown Atlanta, and transmits from atop 1050 Crown Pointe Plaza, a high-rise building just barely on the Dunwoody side of the Perimeter Center edge city north of Atlanta. Issued in November 2008, it has a permit to move to its own tower on the south side of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard (Georgia 141) and north side of Buford Highway (U.S. 23 / Georgia 13) between Doraville and Norcross. This is along Jones Mill Road at Mechanicsville Road in the Mechanicsville community (not to be confused with the Mechanicsville neighborhood in Atlanta).

History

The station is the result of FCC docket 80-90, which reduced the required spacing between FM stations. It forced W298AA permanently off-air. The original callsign was WTHA when the construction permit was issued at the beginning of October 1996. This was in anticipation of "Hot 97.5" (WHTA-FM, now WUMJ FM) simulcasting north of Atlanta as "Hot 107.5". Instead, the station signed on February 6, 1998, as "Majic 107.5" broadcasting an R&B format with the WAMJ call sign. This was the original incarnation of WAMJ and the "Majic" brand which lasted only three years.

WJZZ-FM

Smooth Jazz 107.5 logo (2001–2009)

On June 27, 2001, that format and the WAMJ callsign were sent to also-new 102.5 FM as "Grown Folks Radio", and 107.5 then became WJZZ-FM "Smooth Jazz 107.5". WHTA was instead moved to "Hot 107.9" a couple of months later.

The on-air jingles heard on WJZZ were similar to those heard on Clear Channel-owned smooth jazz stations, such as WSMJ, WNUA, KKSF, and the former WJJZ (which was shortly revived by Greater Media, and also used the same jingles; this station is now WPEN). The WJZZ jingles used the opposite arrangement of their Clear Channel counterparts, which meant that the frequency preceded the call sign, instead of the other way around. As a result, the words "smooth jazz one oh seven point five W-J-Z-Z" were sung to the tune, again reversing the Clear Channel practice (instrumental versions of these jingles were used on Broadcast Architecture's Smooth Jazz Network until 2012).

The smooth jazz format had enjoyed a surprisingly long run of success in the Atlanta market, which is better known for its R&B/hip-hop, pop/rock, and country heritage. From 1994 to 2000, the format was used on WJZF (now WALR-FM "Kiss 104.1").

Return of "Majic 107.5"

Logo during simulcast with 97.5

On January 28, 2009, WJZZ dropped its long running smooth jazz format, and returned to an Urban AC format, resurrected the original banding "Majic 107.5" in its second incarnation. On February 16, 2009, the "Praise 97.5" format and WPZE call sign was moved to 102.5 FM. 97.5 FM then began simulcasting WJZZ-FM as "Majic 107.5 | 97.5" WUMJ. After 7½ years at 102.5, the "WAMJ" call sign was returned to 107.5 on February 27, 2009, replacing the "WJZZ" callsign.^[1]^[2] In light of the move, the old WAMJ tagline from its 102.5 days, "Grown Folks Radio," was dropped in favor of a new one for its return to 107.5, "Atlanta's Best Mix of R&B." Overall, this is the third incarnation of the urban AC format for WAMJ. With the format shuffle, WAMJ incorporated more 1980s and 1990s R&B into its rotation. This lead WALR to upgrade its same format from gold R&B oldies to more recent music to maintain a competitive edge. WAMJ is the current syndicated home to the Steve Harvey Morning Show. (Despite most Radio One Urban AC's running the Tom Joyner Morning Show, Atlanta is the lone exception because he is heard on competing station WALR-FM, a Cox Radio-owned Urban AC, as well as other Cox stations using that same format.) The simulcast on 97.5 ended on January 10, 2016, as WUMJ's signal upgrade in 2013 resulted in more listeners moving to 107.5, making 97.5 expendable.

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WAMJ

Radio-Locator information on WAMJ

Radio stations in the Atlanta, Georgia market

By AM frequency	550 590 610² 640 680 750¹♦ 790 (830) 860 890 920 970 1010² 1040 1080² 1100² (1120) 1160 1190 1230 1270 1290² 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1380 1400 1400 1410 1420 1430 1450 1460 1480 1500 1520 1550² 1570 1600² 1690 ¹Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ²Broadcast in Spanish (fulltime)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.3 90.1 90.7 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.5♦ 96.1 96.5 96.7♠ 97.1 97.5♣ 97.9 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.7 100.5 101.5 101.9² 102.3² 102.5 102.9 102.9♣ 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.3² 105.7♠ 106.7 107.1 107.5♣ 107.9 ♠WRDG simulcasts WRDA ♣WUMJ simulcasts W275BK ♦WSBB-FM simulcasts WSB AM

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

By callsign	KEC80 WABE WAEC WAFS WALR-FM WAMJ WAOK WAOS WATB WAZX WAZX-FM WBCX WBHF WBZY WCFO WCHK WCLK WCNN WCOH WDCY WDPC WDUN WDWD WFGM WFOM WFSH-FM WFTD WGFS WGKA WGST WHIE WHTA WIFN WIGO WJGA-FM WJSP-FM WJTP WKHX-FM WKKP WLBB WLKQ-FM WLTA WMLB WMVV WMVW WNEA WNIV WNNX WNSY WPBC WPBS WPCG-LP WPLO WPZE WQXI WRAS WRDA WRDG WREK WRFG WSB WSB-FM WSBB-FM WSRV WSTR WTSH-FM WTZA WUBL WUMJ WUWG WVEE WVFJ-FM WWEV-FM WWPW WWWE WWWQ WXEM WXJO WXKT WYAY WYXC WYZE WZGC W233BF W243CE W250BC W255CJ W275BK

Internet radio	99X Atlanta WGHR

Defunct	WERD (860 AM) WGHR (102.5/100.7) WHLE-LP (106.3 FM) WTJH (1260 AM)

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 227 Sirius Channel 153 Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia

Radio One

Key people

Cathy Hughes (Chairman and CEO)

Radio shows

The Tom Joyner Morning Show (via Reach Media under contract)
Russ Parr Morning Show (via AURN)
The Yolanda Adams Morning Show
The Donnie Simpson Show

Radio stations

Mainstream urban	KBFB KBXX WCDX WCKX WENZ WERQ-FM WGPR¹ WHHL WHTA WIZF WKYS WQNC WQOK

Urban adult contemporary	KMJQ WAMJ WBMO WDMK WFXC WFXK WKJM WKJS WMMJ WRNB WTLC-FM WUMJ WWIN-FM WZAK

Urban gospel	WJMO WNNL WPPZ-FM WPRS-FM WPZE WPZR WPZS WPZZ WTLC WWIN WYCB

Urban talk	WCHB WDBZ WERE WOL WOLB WTPS

CHR	WNOW-FM

Rhythmic CHR	WHHH

Rhythmic Oldies	WFUN-FM WOSF WOSL

Classic hip hop	KROI KSOC WPHI-FM W275BK

China Radio International	WILD

Other

WDNI-CD (Telemundo) TV One Interactive One

¹ Owned by International Free and Accepted Modern Masons and operated by Radio One under an LMA.

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