WJZA (1310 AM) is a

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broadcasting an eclectic mix of

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, light pop and R&B classics in the

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. The station is currently owned by Davis Broadcasting Inc. Its

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, with its studios and offices in Suwanee along with its two

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and

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. WJZA is also heard on an

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station, W266BW (101.1 FM), but is currently silent due to being taken off-the-air by the FCC due to interference complaints from

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. Programming is also

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WNSY WNSY (100.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in northwest Georgia, licensed to Talking Rock. It is owned by Davis Broadcasting of Atlanta and it simulcasts WJZA on 1310 kHz in Decatur. The two stations, along with an Atlanta FM transla ...

(100.1 FM) in Talking Rock, covering the northwest suburbs of Atlanta.

Programming

WJZA's smooth jazz format was soft-launched in October 2017 to fill in the void of a dedicated smooth jazz outlet that has been missing from the Atlanta market since 2012. The station features the voices of prominent radio broadcasters Sandy Kovach, Miranda Wilson, Allen Kepler, and Maria Lopez. Programming is also lived-streamed on its website
SmoothJazzATL

History

In mid-December, 2012, the then-WPBC came back on the air broadcasting under an agreement with The Talk Radio, LLC, headed by longtime Latino community figure Teodoro Maus. During full-power (2,500 watts) daytime operation, the station aired a

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format. At night, it featured Reggie Gay's

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Music service. In July 2011, Hanmi Broadcasting, Inc. requested the

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grant a

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(STA) for WPBC to go silent after a

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(LMA) ended abruptl

In April 2011, the station entered into a

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with WZBN's Reggie Gay and adopted WZBN's format of

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/ Holy Hip Hop musi

WJZA mast radiator, transmitting tower is located in the middle of a

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employee

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at the Avondale train station. In 2002, MARTA conducted a study to renovate the entire College Station area known as: Decatur - "Avondale MARTA Station Study Livable Centers Initiative", including the station's parking lot. In 2007, another study was conducted, but there have been no further announcements found online to date. Since 2007, no renovation of the area has begun, and no new announcements have been made by either MARTA or Dekalb county regarding this initiativ

Should this plan come to fruition, at some point, this may affect the tower/transmitter site which would then have to seek permission to be relocated in accordance with FCC rules and regulations. WPBC's programming consisted of a

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format during the week and mostly

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on the weekends as of August 6, 2010. The progressive talk format moved to Green 1640 AM in Decatur, Georgia in April 2011 upon WPBC's LMA with Reggie Gay's WZBN that brought about the format change to

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Prior to August 6, 2010, WPBC broadcast a Korean (language), Korean music and talk format with the "''Atlanta Radio Korea''" branding. Radio Korea is now broadcasting on WPBS AM 1040. Prior to broadcasting Korean language programming, WPBC broadcast a

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format with the "Planeta X 1310" branding. WJZA Smooth Jazz 101

Prior to April 2011, weekend programming on WPBC was derived from Broadcast Architecture's

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Network. Prior to October 2017, W266BW was a translator for WSTR (94.1 FM). On February 1, 2019, WJZA's simulcast translator, W266BW, was taken off-the-air by the FCC due to interference complaints from

, which is also on 101.1 FM to the north of Atlanta. This is similar to translator

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on 98.9 FM being taken off-the-air by the FCC due to interference complaints from

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(also on 98.9 FM) to the west of Atlanta the previous year. There is no word yet on when the FCC will allow WJZA to turn W266BW back on.

External links

{{Atlanta AM JZA Radio stations established in 1963 1963 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Smooth jazz radio stations in the United States