WZJZ (100.1 FM) is a commercial

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, and broadcasting to the

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. WZJZ is owned by

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and airs a

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music

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branded as "Y100.1". The station's studios and offices are on Metro Parkway in Fort Myers. The

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is off Horseshoe Road in Punta Gorda. With a good radio, WZJZ's 84,000-

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signal can be heard from

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to Everglades City. WZJZ broadcasts in the HD Radio format.

History

Disco and smooth jazz

In 1976, the station first

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at 100.1 MHz in Port Charlotte. It had the

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WEEJ with an effective radiated power of 3,000

s. It began with an all disco format. Through most of the 1980s it had an

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format until switching formats various times through the 1990s. In 2003, it took the callsign WCKT as "Cat Country 100." On March 21, 2007, when it was a

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station, WZJZ moved from 107.1 FM to 100.1 FM, swapping frequencies with co-owned

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station

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. WCKT is now heard at 107.1, while WZJZ continues at 100.1, with both stations getting sizable signal improvements, going from Class A to Class C.

Z100

On March 29, 2009, at midnight, WZJZ began to repeatedly play the same portion of the song "

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" by

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as a stunt in preparation for a format change. The new station was slated to be called Move 100.1. On March 30, 2009, WZJZ flipped to an upbeat

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format and adopted the "Z100" moniker. Its logo was patterned after its

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sister stations

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, and

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in New York, New York.

Y100

On July 25, 2011, after a weekend of stunting, WZJZ flipped to

/ CHR, using the moniker Y100, even though there is no "Y" in the call letters. The station's format and logo were patterned after its sister station in nearby

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WHYI WHYI-FM (100.7 MHz) is a heritage contemporary hit radio station. The station is licensed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and owned by iHeartMedia. Y100 broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts from its 1,007 foot transmitter, whi ...

, but customized for Southwest Floridians. The flip to Top 40 gave iHeartMedia two Top 40 stations in the Fort Myers market, along with rhythmic contemporary

WBTT WBTT (105.5 FM) is a Rhythmic Top 40 radio station serving Southwest Florida—primarily Lee and Collier counties. The iHeartMedia, Inc. outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 23.5 kW and its COL is Naples Park, Florida. The station's current sl ...

. In 2013, WZJZ once again switched its logo to match WHYI, but with some slight differences. On March 24, 2016, at midnight, WZJZ tweaked its format to Hot AC and rebranded as "Y100.1".Y100 Fort Myers Shifts To Hot AC
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Previous logo

(WZJZ's logo under previous CHR format)

References

External links

Official Website
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