WDJZ

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WDJZ
Broadcast area Daytona Beach metropolitan area
Frequency 1590 kHz
Branding100.7 The Wave
Programming
Format Smooth jazz
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
OwnerGlenn Cherry
History
First air date
1957;68 years ago (1957)
Former call signs
  • WDAT (1957–1959)
  • WELE (1959–1981)
  • WZIP (1981–1988)
  • WPUL (1988–2022)
Call sign meaning
"Daytona Jazz"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 53704
Class D
Power
  • 1,000 watts day
  • 47 watts night
Translator(s) 100.7 W264DP (Daytona Beach)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wdjzfm.com

WDJZ (1590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to South Daytona, Florida, and serving the Daytona Beach metropolitan area. It is owned by Glenn Cherry and it broadcasts a smooth jazz radio format.

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WDJZ transmits with 1,000 watts by day, 47 watts at night, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Daytona Beach. [2] Programming is also heard on 220-watt FM translator W264DP at 100.7 MHz in Daytona Beach. [3]

History

The station signed on the air in 1957 under the call sign WDAT. It was a country-western station. Its callsign changed to WELE in 1959, and its format changed to an R&B music format in 1963 before going back to country by 1967. [4] In 1981, the station took on new call letters WZIP and became an oldies station before returning to country in 1986. [4]

In 1988, a group of investors who were graduates of the historically black Morehouse College bought WZIP. The callsign changed to WPUL and format changed to urban contemporary. [5]

Until 2022, WPUL broadcast progressive talk radio shows including The Thom Hartmann Program and The Stephanie Miller Show as well as various African-American-oriented shows including Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton and locally produced shows. [6]

The station was silent beginning on February 17, 2014, as station owners sought a new broadcast tower site. [5]

On September 16, 2022, the station changed its call sign to WDJZ, which stands for Daytona Jazz.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDJZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WDJZ
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W264DP
  4. 1 2 "WPUL-AM 1590 South Daytona".
  5. 1 2 "WPUL-AM 1590 goes silent". Daytona Times. February 20, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Chinese国产高清AV内谢_WINDOWSCHANNEL视频_caoporen个人免费公开_男人的天堂在线a无码".

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