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WAMJ (FM)
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{{Infobox Radio Station |
image =
Image:WAMJlogo.png Classic Soul 102|
name = WAMJ|
airdate =
1980s|
frequency = 102.5 (
megahertz MHz)|
city =
Mableton, Georgia Mableton/
Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta|
area =
Atlanta, Georgia|
format =
Urban Adult Contemporary|
owner =
Radio One|
erp = 3,000
watts|
branding = ''"102.5 WR&B"''|
slogan = ''Today's R&B and Clasic Soul''|
class = A|
website = [http://www.classicsoul1025.com/ www.classicsoul1025.com] |
callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''A'''tlanta's '''M'''a'''J'''ic (Previous branding)|
}}
'''WAMJ''' is a
radio station located in
Atlanta,
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia. Operating on 102.5
MHz, it is assigned
Mableton as its
city of license, and transmits from a location in southwest Atlanta, near
I-285 and
Langford Parkway. The
callsign (radio) callsign was previously assigned to what is now
WDND (AM) WDND AM in
South Bend,
Indiana (an unrelated station).
History
The station is the result of
Docket 80-90, the
FCC (US) FCC plan to allow more stations on the air by reducing the required spacings. During the mid-
1980s, it was decided that one of these new stations would be assigned to the west-northwest side of
metro Atlanta. Several applicants requested the new
allotment be assigned to one of four cities: Mableton,
Lithia Springs,
Douglasville, and
Forest Park, Georgia Forest Park. The frequency already belonged to
WGHR in
Marietta, Georgia Marietta, the
student radio station at what is now
SPSU Southern Polytechnic State University — however the forced downgrade to second-class status left the
list of broadcast station classes class D station vulnerable. It applied for the new allotment and to have it reserved to Marietta and as noncommercial, however the FCC refused this, leaving WGHR with no chance of upgrading. The remaining contenders applied in
1988, and had a lengthy battle in
court. After many years of legal wrangling over the
frequency, the station came on the air in
2001, forcing WGHR at
SPSU to 100.7, and then off the air completely due to
WWWQ (FM) WWWQ's move-in on 100.5.
The station was originally '''WAWE''' FM during its
construction permit, then became WAMJ just before it went on the air.
WJZZ-FM is now at 107.5 (another Docket 80-90 station in
Roswell, Georgia Roswell), where WAMJ (then called ''"Magic 107.5"'') originally was. The swap occurred because the 107.5 was allowed to
upgrade from class A to class C3, and Radio One felt that the
jazz station would do better there.
In
April 2004,
Radio One acquired
New Mableton Broadcast Corporation (WAMJ's owner) for approximately $35 million. Radio One has been operating the station under a
local marketing agreement since
August 2001. Radio One expects to complete this
acquisition during the fourth quarter of 2004, under the name ROA Licenses (Radio One Atlanta Licenses), which also owns WJZZ-FM,
WPZE (FM) WPZE FM, and
WHTA (FM) WHTA FM.
In
October 2005, the station changed format to
Urban Adult Contemporary with the addition of current
R&B and
soul music soul songs.
External links
-
Classic Soul 102.5 website
-
FCC info on WAMJ (FM)
{{AtlantaFM}}
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