WGBZ

WGBZ
City	Cape May Court House, New Jersey
Broadcast area	Cape May and Wildwood
Branding	99.3 The Buzz
Slogan	Blazin' 18 Jamz in a Row
Frequency	102.3 MHz
First air date	1967 (as WRIO)
Format	Rhythmic Contemporary (WZBZ simulcast)
ERP	3,200 watts
HAAT	89 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	37475
Callsign meaning	BuzZ
Former callsigns	WRIO (1967-1983) WSJL (1983-1998) WJSX (1998-2000) WGBZ (2000) WZBZ (2000) WSAX (2000-2001) WMID-FM (2001-2003) WAIV (2003-2013) WSNQ (2013-2014)
Owner	Equity Communications L.P.
Sister stations	WAIV, WAYV, WCMC, WEZW, WMID, WTTH, WZBZ, WZXL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	993thebuzz.com

WGBZ (102.3 FM) is a radio station licensed that serves Cape May Court House, New Jersey. The station is owned by Equity Communications, L.P. Its studios are located at the Bayport One complex in West Atlantic City, and its transmitter is located in Middle Township, New Jersey.

History

102.3 first signed on June 3, 1967 as WRIO, in a religious format. The WRIO calls had previously been used on the 101.7 frequency. In 1983, 102.3's call letters were changed to WSJL, which stood for "South Jersey's Lighthouse." WSJL continued the religious format until 1995.

In July 1995, WSJL began simulcasting sister station 99.3 WMID-FM, which was formatted as a rock station at the time. In 1997, both stations changed formats to smooth jazz. 99.3 picked up the call sign WSAX while 102.3 became WJSX.

In 2000, when 99.3 became a simulcast of The Buzz 105.5, WJSX continued in the smooth jazz format but changed its calls to 99.3's now former WSAX.

In 2001, smooth jazz ended on 102.3. The station became a simulcast of sister station 1340 WMID, which was playing standards at the time; its call sign changed to WMID-FM (which had once been on 99.3). Two years later, WMID-FM, along with sister stations WZBZ, WGBZ and WMID were sold to Equity Communications in Atlantic City. 102.3 began simulcasting 95.1 WAYV, and changed its call sign again to WAIV. 102.3 WAIV has remained a simulcast of WAYV ever since.

In 2011, WAYV/WAIV, along with sister station WZXL, were named official stations of the Wildwoods boardwalk. Because the WAIV frequency is much stronger near Wildwood than in other towns in the listening area, the 102.3 frequency was advertised slightly more during this time than it is closer to Atlantic City. This included signs on the boardwalk's famous tram cars advertising both frequencies.

On August 26, 2013, WAIV swapped formats and call signs with sister station WSNQ.^[1]

On July 7, 2014, WSNQ changed their call letters to WGBZ and changed their format to rhythmic contemporary, simulcasting WZBZ 99.3 FM Pleasantville, New Jersey.

References

↑ "Cape May Frequency Swap" from Radio Insight (August 27, 2013)

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WGBZ

Radio-Locator information on WGBZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGBZ

Radio stations in the Atlantic City–Cape May market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.7 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 91.7 92.7 93.1 94.3 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.3 98.3 98.7 99.3 100.7 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.7 104.9 105.5 106.3 106.5 107.3

By AM frequency	1020 1230 1340 1400 1450 1490 1580

By callsign	WAIV WAJM WAYV WBSS WCFA-LP WCMC WCZT WEHA WENJ WEZW WFPG WGBZ WGYM WIBG WIBG-FM WJPG WJSE WLFR WLOM-LP WMGM WMID WNJN-FM WNJZ WOND WPGG WPUR WRTQ WSJO WTHJ WTKU-FM WTTH WWAC WWCJ WWFP WXGN WZBZ WZXL

New Jersey radio markets Atlantic City–Cape May Middlesex–Somerset–Union Monmouth–Ocean Morristown Sussex Trenton Other New Jersey radio regions Vineland–Millville–Bridgeton See also List of radio stations in New Jersey

Rhythmic Contemporary radio stations in the state of New Jersey

By frequency	99.3 102.3

By callsign	WGBZ WZBZ

By city	Cape May Court House Pleasantville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New Jersey See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Coordinates: 39°00′33″N 74°52′13″W / 39.00917°N 74.87028°W / 39.00917; -74.87028

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