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WBHJ
Image:WBHJ.JPG
City of license Midfield/Birmingham
Broadcast area Birmingham
Branding "95.7 Jamz"
Slogan Birmingham's #1 for Hip-Hop and R&B, Bangin' 95 Minutes of Music All the Time
First air date 1958
Frequency 95.7(MHz)
Format Urban Contemporary Hit Radio
ERP 12,200 watts
Class C1
Callsign meaning W BirmingHam's Jamz
Owner Cox Broadcasting
Sister stations WAGG, WBHJ, WBHK, WBPT, WNCB, WPSB, WZZK
Website http://957jamz.com/

WBHJ, known locally over the air as "95.7 Jamz", is an Urban-formatted radio station that serves Birmingham. In 2005, it also began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity. It is owned by Cox Radio Holdings along with six other stations in the market. Its transmitter is located atop Red Mountain in Birmingham. Image File history File links WBHJ.JPG Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Midfield is a city located in Jefferson County, Alabama. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country State County Jefferson, Shelby Government  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area  - City  151. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country State County Jefferson, Shelby Government  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area  - City  151. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Urban Top 40, also known as Urban Contemporary Hits, is another form of the Mainstream Urban format, and it is similar to Top 40 radio. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Watt (disambiguation). ... This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded at Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. ... In broadcasting, sister stations are broadcast stations owned by the same company. ... WAGG is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, broadcasting at 610 AM. Its daytime power is 5,000 watts, and at nighttime, it broadcasts at 1,000 watts. ... WBHK is an urban adult contemporary radio station owned by Cox Broadcasting that serves Birmingham. ... WBPT is a classic hits FM radio station licensed to Homewood, Alabama that serves Birmingham and central Alabama. ... WNCB is an FM radio station licensed to Gardendale, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. ... WPSB is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, broadcasting at 1320 AM. Its daytime power is 5,000 watts, and at nighttime, it broadcasts at 111 watts. ... WZZK is a country music FM radio station licensed to Birmingham that serves northern and central Alabama. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Urban is in or having to do with cities, as distinct from rural areas. ... In-band on-channel (IBOC) is a method of transmitting digital and analog radio broadcast signals simultaneously on the same frequency. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... HD Radio is an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system created by iBiquity for broadcasting via existing FM and AM radio stations. ... iBiquity is a company formed by the merger of USA Digital Radio and Lucent Digital Radio, with the goal of creating an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system for the United States. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country State County Jefferson, Shelby Government  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area  - City  151. ...

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History

95.7 originally came on the air in 1958 as WTBC, a Tuscaloosa station that was a companion to WTBC-AM News/Talk 1230 with transmitter on 15th Street. As WTBC-FM, the station was just a placeholder for the AM station, playing a stack of MOR format LP's on a turntable. A contributor who worked at WTBC-AM notes that when the stack of records was finished, it just started playing over! Station IDs weren't done regularly because they were done by the often-forgetful AM jocks. The program director would go live for a few hours each night and was probably the only live person on the air daily. It later became WUOA (University of Alabama), an adult contemporary-formatted college radio station. Another change occurred with the calls to WFFX, 95.7 the Fox and the addition of modern rock. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ...


It then moved into the Birmingham market in the 1990's, and was during that period the transmitter moved to a taller tower near Vance. In 1997, the calls were changed as well as the format of the station to WBHJ, "95.7 Jamz", an Urban-formatted radio station that disguises as a rhythmic. Vance is a town located in Bibb County, Alabama. ... Mainstream Urban, a term used to describe a radio format similar to an urban contemporary format. ... Rhythmic music and Rhythmic radio, also known as Rhythmic Crossover or Rhythmic Pop, is a term used to describe a certain group of radio stations and the Billboard chart that is compiled based on airplay from those radio stations. ...


In November 2004, after years of being plagued by an inadequate signal into its primary listening area of Birmingham, the station applied for a construction permit to FCC to move its transmitter from Vance to Red Mountain. In June 2005 the station completed a move to boost its signal in the Birmingham market by getting relicensed to the Birmingham suburb of Midfield and moving their transmitter site from rural Bibb County (near Vance) to the Red Mountain, where the other high-power Birmingham stations are located. Although they've had to reduce their power from 100 kilowatts to just 12.2 kilowatts, the move has provided a good signal to listeners in the immediate area market area. The move was made just in time; they now have competition from "Hot 107.7", formerly a rock station, with a much bigger signal in and out of the metro area. The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... Red Mountain is a long ridge running southwest-northeast and dividing Jones Valley from Shades Valley south of Birmingham, Alabama,United States. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... WUHT is a Hot Urban Adult Contemporary radio station that serves the Birmingham area. ...


Station Line-Up

Weekdays

  • Buckewilde Morning Show with ? & B Money - 6-10AM
  • Mid-Day Vibe with Mary K - 10AM-3PM
  • " " Lil Homie- 3-7PM
  • ' with Young Dil - 7PM-Midnight
  • Overnight Situation with Shady - Midnight-6AM

Weekend Personalities

  • Young Dil
  • Mz. Katt
  • Woo
  • Streetz
  • Toya G
  • Shady

Station Management

  • General Manager David Dubose
  • Program Director Mickey Johnson
  • Assistant Program Director Mary K
  • Music Director Jerome "Lil' Homie" Crumpton

See also

A complete list of radio stations licensed to places in Alabama. ...

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