WJHM

WJHM

Daytona Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	Greater Orlando Central Florida
Frequency	101.9MHz(HD Radio)
Branding	102 JAMZ
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Classic hip hop
Subchannels	HD2:Sports gambling"BetQL Network" HD3:Urban gospel"G Praise"
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC)
Sister stations	WOCL WOMX-FM
History
First air date	November 1, 1967(1967-11-01)
Former call signs	WMFJ-FM (1967–73) WQXQ (1973–80) WDOQ (1980–84) WCFI (1984–86) WORZ (1986–88) WJHM (1988–2016) WQMP (2016–24)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73137
Class	C
ERP	92,000watts
HAAT	483 meters (1,585 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	28°55′10″N81°19′08″W
Translator(s)	93.3 W227CP (Sanford,relays HD3) 97.7 W249EH (Daytona Beach, relays HD3) 106.3 W292DZ (Orlando,relays HD3)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live(viaAudacy) Listen live(viaAudacy) (HD2) Listen live(HD3)
Website	www.audacy/102jamzorlando gpraise(HD3)

WJHM(101.9FM) is aradio stationlicensedtoDaytona Beachserving theOrlandoandSpace Coastareas ofCentral Florida.Owned byAudacy, Inc.,it broadcasts aclassic hip hopformat branded as "102 JAMZ". Its studios are located inMaitlandand the transmitter is inOrange City.

History

Early years

The 101.9 frequency began as WMFJ-FM on November 1,1967.The FM sister toAM 1450in Daytona Beach, WMFJ-FM was an automatedbeautiful musicstation known asStereo 102.The station's calls were changed to WQXQ in 1973, and the format became automatedAlbum Oriented RockasQ102.Despite the rock format's success, management felt that atop 40hit station would have more mass appeal, and soQ102changed from rock to Top 40 in 1976; initially the station remained automated, but by the end of the 1970s it employed a staff of live and local announcers. The station changed its calls to WDOQ in 1980, but the format remained top 40, the moniker remainedQ102,and the ratings remained high. Due to new competition in the Daytona market fromWNFIin 1982,Q102began to more aggressively target the Orlando market as opposed to only Daytona Beach. Although plans for a big 100,000-watt signal that would have extended to St. Augustine, Gainesville and Ocala were scrapped, WDOQ's listenership continued to grow.

In 1984, WDOQ was sold and adopted the new calls WCFI, with a satellite-fedadult contemporaryformat from Transtar (nowDial Global), using theI-4(a tribute to Miami's WINZ-FM) and laterSunny 102monikers.In 1985, the station was purchased by Duffy Broadcasting for $7.7 million. On June 16, 1986, the format andcallschanged again to WORZ,Z-102FM,aclassic rockstation.In 1987, it was sold to Beasley-Reed Broadcasting for $9.2 million.

First "102 Jamz" era

On April 1, 1988, the call letters were changed to WJHM, and the station adopted aCHR/Urbanformat as102 Jamzunder the direction of Program Director Duff Lindsey and consultant Jerry Clifton. The first song on "102 Jamz" was "Jam on It"byNewcleus.The station was an immediate success with listeners, and within two years, ascended to the top of the Orlando ratings. Some DJs during this time included Joe Nasty doing mornings, Magic Scott (now Cadillac Jack in Philadelphia) doing afternoons, and Cedric Hollywood as mid-day jock and music director. WJHM was purchased byChancellor Mediain 1997. In late 1998, Hollywood left for a position atWEDRinMiami.Soon after, WJHM began shifting towards an urban-oriented direction. Although the station was labeled as "Rhythmic", WJHM remained an urban station at its core, and would shift to urban altogether around the same timeWCFBevolved tourban ACin the late 1990s.

The late 1990s brought a time of mergers with Chancellor merging with Evergreen and forming AMFM, Inc., who held ownership of WJHM until it merged withClear Channelin 2000. To comply with FCC ownership rules, Clear Channel sold WJHM toInfinity Broadcasting(laterCBS Radio) in 2001. For a brief time in 2005, WJHM reverted to rhythmic to go up against rhythmic-formattedWPYO,though WJHM would revert to urban a short time later. Although it was one of the top ranking radio stations in the market, WJHM would later fall in the ratings behind WPYO, whose Rhythmic direction slightly favored hip hop but whose playlist was almost identical to WJHM.

WJHM's logo under the first iteration of the "102 JAMZ" branding; current logo is similar, but features a cleaner, sharpened design and omits the "FM" portion

In the fall of2011,WJHM began a transition to a more pop-oriented rhythmic Top 40 direction in order to better compete withWXXL,the market's only Top 40/CHR and former sister station; the shift would be completed by the following February. In late January 2012, WJHM droppedRickey Smiley's syndicated morning show in favor of a more music-intensive morning block,let go airstaffer Jay Love after 18 years,and added songs from artists likeJessie J,Avicii,Kelly Clarkson,fun.,The Wanted,andAdele.In addition, the station's longtime "Non-Stop Hip-Hop and R&B" slogan was dropped, replacing it with "102 Minutes of Commercial-Free Music". Along with these changes, WJHM dropped theSunday morning gospelprogramming syndicated from WVEE, although WJHM's HD2 subchannel broadcast a Gospel format full-time.

101.9 AMP Radio

Logo of AMP Radio (2014–2017)

During the early morning hours of February 11, 2014, WJHM dropped the "Jamz" branding after 26 years and beganstuntingwith a loop of the song "Get Lucky"byDaft Punk.At 10:19 that morning, WJHM rebranded as101.9 AMP Radioand shifted to top 40/CHR altogether, putting it in line with CBS Radio's "AMP Radio" branding, which favors rhythmic pop and dance hits. The first song on "AMP Radio" was "Timber"byPitbullfeaturingKesha.Despite the rebranding, WJHM continued to lag in the Arbitron ratings behind CHR competitorWXXLand then-rhythmic CHRstationWPYO.

On January 20, 2016, WJHM changed its call letters to WQMP to match the "AMP Radio" branding.

On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge withEntercom.The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.

Alt 101.9/FM 101.9

Logo as "FM 101.9"

On November 29, 2017, at 3 p.m., after playing “End Game”byTaylor Swift,WQMP flipped toalternative rockasAlt 101.9,joining several other former "AMP Radio" -branded stations in switching to the format and brand after the completion of the Entercom merger. The change brought the format back to a full-market signal in Orlando for the first time since 2008, when sister stationWOCLflipped toclassic hits.The first song on Alt was "Smells Like Teen Spirit"byNirvana.The most recent analog broadcast station to air the format full-time,Cox Media'sW297BB/WCFB-HD2,was aired on atranslatorand anHD sub-channel,and aired from June 2014 to January 2016. Elsewhere in the Orlando market, iHeartMedia's talk-formattedWTKS-FMfeatured alternative on nights and weekends, and also aired on two HD subchannels in the Orlando market,WOCL-HD2 (until 2019) andWJRR-HD3 (until July 2024), the latter of which also used the brandAltas standardized by iHeartMedia. This name conflict with iHeart resulted in WQMP quietly changing its on-air brand toFM 101.9on December 4 of that year.

In September 2020, most of the local DJs and programming staff were laid off and replaced by out-of-market programming.

Return of 102 Jamz

On August 1, 2024, at 4 p.m., after playing “Move Along”byThe All-American Rejects,WQMP flipped to classic hip hop, returning to the "102 Jamz" branding; the first song under the relaunched format was "Lose Control"byMissy ElliottandCiara.With the flip, regional vice president Ross Mahoney left the station; Miguel "Mijo" Arizarry, the brand manager at Audacy-ownedWPOWacross the state inMiami(which itself had undergone a similar quasi-revival of their longtime brand earlier that year, though it had not been dropped like WQMP had), would be hired in the same position for WQMP. With the change, Audacy requested a call letter change back to WJHM, which took effect on August 8.

On October 3, 2024, WJHM announced the return of Dwight ‘DJ D-Strong’ Ricketts as afternoon host. Prior to this, he was part ofiHeartMedia’sWTKS-HD2/W283ANas program director and weekend air staffer forWXXLbefore he was laid off as part of the August 2024 layoffs from iHeartMedia. He was also part of this station during the initial iteration as “102 JAMZ” from 2003 until the station’s flip to CHR as “101.9 AMP Radio”.

HD Radio subchannels

WJHM-HD2

WJHM activated its HD2 subchannel at the same time it started its HD radio operations at some point in the mid-2000s, which originally carried anurban gospelformat, branded as "102 Gospel Jamz", from the 2000s until 2018. In August 2019, WQMP-HD2 was supposed to flip to "Channel Q",anLGBTQ-orientedtalk/dance musicformat based inLos Angeles.Since the HD2 stream did not appear on the station, it was placed on the HD2 subchannel of sister stationWOMX-FMin early November 2019. The HD2 stream then reappeared later in 2020 carrying an alternative format featuring new releases, known as "Orlando’s New Arrivals". On February 23, 2022, WQMP-HD2 flipped to Audacy's in-houseBetQL Network.

WJHM-HD3

As of July 2019, WQMP-HD3 was carrying a Haitian format from an unknown source. The HD2 and HD3 subchannels were removed around early 2020. In late 2020, the HD3 subchannel reappeared and became the new home for "Channel Q" in Orlando after being dropped by WOMX-FM’s HD2 subchannel at some point in early-to-mid 2020. In January 2022, “Channel Q” returned to WOMX-HD2, which led to the HD3 subchannel becoming a secondary feed forAudacy’s New Arrivals. The HD3 subchannel was turned off until later in 2023, where the Haitian-language radio format returned on the HD3 sub channel after a 3-year hiatus. It was turned off again as of early 2024. In May 2024, Central Florida Education Foundation, owner ofWPOZ,moved its urban gospel-formatted “G-Praise” from its HD3 subchannel to WQMP’s HD3 subchannel under a leasing agreement withAudacy.This returned the format to an HD subchannel of the station for the first time in six years, when WQMP-HD2's "102 Gospel Jamz" format was dropped.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 73137 (WJHM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WJHMinNielsen Audio's FM station database