WDJZ
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Broadcast area | Daytona Beach metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
| Branding | 100.7 The Wave |
| Programming | |
| Format | Smooth jazz |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Glenn Cherry |
| History | |
First air date | February 19, 1957 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Daytona Jazz" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 53704 | |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 29°9′16″N 81°1′20″W / 29.15444°N 81.02222°W |
| Translator | 100.7 W264DP (Daytona Beach) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wdjzfm |
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.
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
[edit]The station signed on the air on February 19, 1957 under the call sign WDAT.[4] 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.[5] In 1981, the station took on new call letters WZIP and became an oldies station before returning to country in 1986.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
The station was silent beginning on February 17, 2014, as station owners sought a new broadcast tower site.[6]
On September 16, 2022, the station changed its call sign to WDJZ, which stands for Daytona Jazz.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDJZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WDJZ
- ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W264DP
- ↑ "Radio Station Plans To Broadcast Next Week". Daytona Beach Evening News. Daytona Beach, Florida. February 11, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved January 30, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "WPUL-AM 1590 South Daytona".
- 1 2 "WPUL-AM 1590 goes silent". Daytona Times. February 20, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ↑ "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".
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 8516 (WDJZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WDJZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database