WJHM

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WJHM
City of license	Daytona Beach/Orlando
Broadcast area	Central Florida
Branding	"102 Jamz"
Slogan	Orlando's #1 for Hip Hop and R&B! Blazing At Least 18 Jamz in a Row!
First air date	November 1, 1967
Frequency	101.9 (MHz)
Format	Mainstream Urban
ERP	56,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	We're Jammin' Hit Music
Owner	CBS Radio
Website	http://www.102jamzorlando.com/

WJHM is a radio station that is licensed to Daytona Beach but primarily serves the Orlando and Space Coast areas of Central Florida. It is owned by CBS Radio. It was a so-called Rhythmic CHR that programmed as a typical Mainstream Urban with a playlist consisting of hip-hop, R&B, and gospel on Sunday mornings. It has since gotten real and moved to R&R's Urban Contemporary Airplay panel.

[edit] History

101.9 began as WMFJ-FM on November 1, 1967. Sister to AM 1450 in Daytona Beach, WMFJ-FM was an automated Beautiful Music station known as Stereo 102. The station's calls were changed to WQXQ in 1973 and the format became automated Album Oriented Rock as Q102. Despite the rock format's success, management felt that a Top 40 hit station would have more mass appeal, and so Q102 changed 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 remained Q102, and the ratings remained high. Due to new competition in the Daytona market from WNFI-FM in 1982, Q102 began 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-fed adult contemporary format from Transtar (now Dial Global), using the "I-4" (a tribute to Miami's WINZ-FM) and later Sunny 102 monikers. By 1986, the format and calls changed again to WORZ, "Z-102FM", a classic rock station. However, by 1987 the station was purchased by Beasley-Reed Broadcasting for $9.2 million, but by 1988, it was bought by Duffy Broadcasting Company for $7.7 million and changed to an Urban contemporary format with "102 Jamz". In 1989, it changed the current calls to WJHM by the end of the year however. WJHM was purchased by Chancellor Media in 1997. In late 1998, longtime music director Cedric Hollywood, who had been with the station since its inception in 1988, left "102 Jamz" to go to WEDR in Miami. Soon after it started adding rhythmic-based songs to it playlist and was labeled as a rhythmic although it remained an urban at its core. It has since dropped rhythmic-based songs, being re-labeled urban.

The late 1990s brought a time of mergers with Chancellor merging with Evergreen and forming AMFM, Inc., who hold ownership of WJHM until it merged with Clear Channel in 2000. In 2001, Clear Channel sold WJHM to Infinity Broadcasting (now CBS Radio), and they have held ownership since.

Given the fact that WJHM has been a longtime heritage urban station in Orlando, it is in current competition with Urban AC rival WCFB and Rhythmic rival WPYO (both owned by Cox Radio.

[edit] Current Schedule

Weekdays

• "The Steve Harvey Morning Show" - 6:00-10:00AM
• Midday Vibe with Sytonnia & DJ Caesar - 9:00AM-2PM
• Jay Love - 2:00PM-6:00PM
• Kaye Dunaway - 6:00-10:00PM
• The Love Zone (formerly Overnight Jamz) with Bruce B-Box - 10:00-1:00AM (slow jams)
• Ricky P - 1:00AM-6:00AM

Friday Nights

• Friday Night Jumpoff' with DJ Chino - 11:00PM-3:00AM

Saturdays

• Various Personalities - 3:00-7:00AM
• In the Den with Big Tigger' - 7:00AM-10:00AM
• Sytonnia - 10:00AM-3:00PM
• Various Personalities - 3:00-11:00PM
• The Saturday Night Bomb with DJ Chino - 11:00PM-3:00AM

Sundays

• Sunday Morning Inspiration on 102 Inspiration Jamz with Larry Tinsley - 6:30-8:00AM
• Various Personalities - 8:00AM-11:00PM
• Overnight Jamz with Bruce B-Box (slow jams) - 11:00PM-5:00AM

[edit] Station Management

• Program Director Michael Saunders
• Music Director Keith Memoly
• Public Affairs Director Sytonnia Moore