WZJZ

WZJZ

Port Charlotte, Florida
Broadcast area	Fort Myers–Southwest Florida
Frequency	100.1MHz(HD Radio)
Branding	Magic 100.1
Programming
Language(s)	SpanishandEnglish
Format	Latin popandadult contemporary music
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WBCG,WBTT,WCCF,WCKT,WCVU,WIKX,WOLZ,WWCD
History
First air date	1976(1976)
Former call signs	WEEJ (1976–1996) WFSN (1996–1997) WXRM (1997–1998) WOST (1998–2000) WKFF (2000–2001) WRLR (2001–2003) WCKT (2003–2007)
Call signmeaning	"Jazz" (former format)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	35213
Class	C1
ERP	84,000watts
HAAT	323 meters (1,060 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	magicftmyers.iheart.com

WZJZ(100.1FM) is a commercialradio stationlicensedtoPort Charlotte, Florida,and broadcasting to theFort Myers–Southwest Floridamedia market.WZJZ is owned byiHeartMediaand airs a hybridLatin popandadult contemporary musicformatbranded as "Magic 100.1".

The station's studios and offices are on Metro Parkway in Fort Myers,and itstransmitteris off Horseshoe Road inPunta Gorda.

History

Disco and smooth jazz

In 1976, the station firstsigned onat 100.1 MHz in Port Charlotte. It had thecall signWEEJ with an effective radiated power of 3,000watts.It began with an alldiscoformat.Through most of the 1980s it had anadult contemporaryformat until switching formats various times through the 1990s. In 2003, it took the callsign WCKT as "Cat Country 100."

Logo, 2003-2007

On March 21, 2007, when it was asmooth jazzstation, WZJZ moved from 107.1 FM to 100.1 FM, swapping frequencies with co-ownedcountry musicstationWCKT.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 Ato 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.

Z100

On March 29, 2009, at midnight, WZJZ began to repeatedly play the same portion of the song "I Like to Move It"byReel 2 Realas astuntin 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 contemporaryformat and adopted the "Z100" moniker. Its logo was patterned after itsTop 40sister stationsKKRZinPortland, Oregon,andWHTZinNew York, New York.

Y100

Former Y100 logo

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.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.

On March 24, 2016, at midnight, WZJZ tweaked its format to Hot AC and rebranded as "Y100.1".

Magic 100.1

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-FMacross the state inMiami;the move is an attempt to mimic the success WMIA had following its own launch the previous November.

Previous logos

(WZJZ's logo under previous CHR format)

External links

• Official Website
• Facility details for Facility ID 35213 (WZJZ)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WZJZinNielsen Audio's FM station database