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The call sign WJJZ had previously been long associated with various radio stations in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, market, including two radio stations in Mount Holly, New Jersey, and two smooth jazz stations: WJJZ 106.1 from 1993 to 2006, and WJJZ 97.5 in New Jersey from 2006 to 2008.
WUMR (FM), a radio station (106.1 FM) licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, which held the call sign WJJZ from 1993 to 2006 WJJZ (AM) , the call sign of two former radio stations (1460 AM) licensed to serve Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States, between 1963 and 1983
[18] [19] WJJZ also introduced the Vacation-A-Day giveaway, giving away free vacations to different locales, describing it as the biggest giveaway in Philadelphia radio history. This promotion lasted until the end of 2005; other smooth jazz stations across the country also launched similar promotions.
One of the longest-running non-commercial smooth jazz radio programs in the United States was "The Quiet Storm," [20] which aired weekly on the community-based WGDR in Plainfield, Vermont and its sister station, WGDH in Hardwick, Vermont, both owned by Goddard College. Launched in 1998 and hosted by Skeeter Sanders, "The Quiet Storm" was a 50 ...
Since Greater Media already had a Philadelphia classic rock station in WMGK, it was almost certain a new format would be chosen for 97.5. Clear Channel's decision to drop smooth jazz from 106.1 left a format hole in the market, and Greater Media decided to fill it with a new version of WJJZ on 97.5. WTHK signed off on November 15, 2006, at 7 p.m.
Zanzibar Blue was a jazz club located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for its live jazz each night and for Sunday brunch, it branded itself as "Philadelphia's Premier Jazz Club". Owned by brothers Robert and Benjamin Jr. Bynum, the club was located in Center City, Philadelphia below the Bellevue on the Avenue of the Arts. Zanzibar Blue ...
El Sol, which had switched the station from Spanish-language music to smooth jazz in 2021, still owns Spanish-language "Radio Caliente," broadcasting in Milwaukee at 97.9 FM.
Smooth Jazz Satellite Sirius XM Satellite Radio N/A N/A Website: WAEG: 92.3 MHz Smooth Jazz Terrestrial Perry Broadcasting: Evans Georgia (U.S. state) Website: WAJH: 91.1 MHz Smooth Jazz Terrestrial Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame: Birmingham Alabama: Website: WBGO: 88.3 MHz Mainstream Terrestrial Newark Public Radio Newark New Jersey: Website: WBRH ...