WJMX-FM

{{short description|Contemporary hit radio station in Cheraw–Florence, South Carolina}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WJMX-FM

| logo = WJMX.webp

| city = Cheraw, South Carolina

| area = Florence, South Carolina, and the Pee Dee Region

| branding = 103X

| frequency = 103.3 MHz

| airdate = {{start date and age|1979|7|17}} (as WPDZ)

| format = Top 40 (CHR)

| erp = 50,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|150|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = C2

| facility_id = 3114

| callsign_meaning = WJM"X" (The X is used in the station's branding)

| former_callsigns = WPDZ (1979–1988)

| affiliations = Premiere Networks

| owner = iHeartMedia

| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC

| sister_stations = WDAR-FM, WDSC, WEGX, WJMX-AM, WRZE, WWRK, WZTF

| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/103-x-6862/ Listen Live]

| website = [http://103xonline.iheart.com/ 103xonline.iheart.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WJMX-FM (103.3 MHz), also known as "103X", is a top 40 (CHR) station located in the Florence, South Carolina, radio market. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the town of Cheraw, South Carolina, and broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50 kW. Its studios are located in Florence, and its transmitter is located west of Society Hill, South Carolina. WJMX-FM is owned by iHeartMedia.

History

103.1 signed on July 17, 1979, as WPDZ in Cheraw as the area's first FM Top 40 (CHR) station, "Z103". Although the station broadcast with 3 kW of power at the time, Z103 quickly became the top station in the area, even passing heritage Top 40 outlet WJMX AM 970 in the ratings (WJMX would add an FM signal on 106.3 in 1985). Eventually, WPDZ got a construction permit to increase its power to 50 kW, with a frequency change to 103.3, but the station went into bankruptcy by 1987 before it could be acted upon.

In early 1988, WJMX-FM purchased WPDZ and simulcasted with its 106.3 FM signal for most of the year, while upgrading the WPDZ signal to 50 kW (at 103.3 MHz). The move from 103.1 to 103.3 was to avoid interference with the station in Surfside Beach, SC also on 103.1, then WYAK (now WSYN), allowing both stations to increase power and coverage. In November of that year, WJMX spun off its 106.3 signal to Urban Contemporary outlet, WYNN-FM, while the 103.3 frequency became "103X", the CHR format (with more classic hits in the late 1980s).{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}

In a deal announced in February 1997, Root Communications Ltd. announced plans to buy eight radio stations owned by Florence-based Atlantic Broadcasting, including WJMX-FM.{{cite news|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/keyword/cheraw/featured/4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219184712/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/keyword/cheraw/featured/4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |title=Root Communications Eyes 8 Radio Stations In Carolinas |last=Hager-Van Dyke |first=Charlene |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=1997-02-20 |accessdate=2011-11-01 }}

Qantum Communications Inc. purchased Florence's Root Communications Group LP stations in 2003.{{cite news|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/101197-Changing_Hands.php|title=Changing Hands|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=2003-03-16|accessdate=2011-10-13}}

On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WJMX-FM, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York, to Connoisseur Media via Qantum.{{cite news|last=Venta|first=Lance|title=Qantum Sells To Clear Channel; Connoisseur Expands In Long Island|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88656/qantum-sells-to-clear-channel-connoisseur-expands-in-long-island/|accessdate=May 15, 2014|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=May 15, 2014}} The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.

References

External links

{{Official website|http://103xonline.iheart.com/|103X's official website}}
{{FM station data|3114|WJMX-FM}}

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JMX-FM

Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States

Category:IHeartMedia radio stations

Category:Radio stations established in 1979

Category:1979 establishments in South Carolina