WJZA (1100

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) is a commercial AM

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and serving the

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. Owned by Greg Davis, through licensee Davis Broadcasting of Atlanta, LLC, the station airs a

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. WJZA is considered as a Class D station according to the

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. It broadcasts with 5,000

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s of power during the daytime and 3,800 watts during

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, using a

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. Because

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is a

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frequency reserved for Class A

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, WJZA must

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at night to avoid interference. The

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is located off Fayetteville Road Southeast, near

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in Atlanta.

History

On August 30, 1996, one Atlanta-area station switched frequencies, making way for another. AM 1100 WLBB

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, moved to 1330 kHz and the 1100 kHz signal became the home of a new station, the then-WWWE, licensed to Hapewell. In April 2003, WWWE began carrying the

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format known as "Radio Vida." The station was later re-branded as "La Poderosa 1100 AM," carrying a Mexican

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format. In June 2013, the station was branded as "Radio Fiesta Mexicana" and began carrying a

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format.

Acquisition by Davis Broadcasting

On July 12, 2023, it was announced that

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would sell WWWE to Davis Broadcasting, which owns

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Buford, WCHK Canton, and

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(then WJZA) Decatur, as well as a cluster of stations in

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. The amount of the sale was $250,000. Beasley would continue to own WAEC in Atlanta. Following the acquisition, which was consummated on September 11, 2023, WWWE abandoned its talk radio format and began simulcasting the Spanish language Latin pop format heard on WCHK in Canton, Georgia. The station changed its call sign to WJZA on October 19 and became the primary signal of the smooth jazz format that used to be heard on the 1310 kHz Decatur, Georgia facility.

History of the WWWE callsign

This station is not related to the current WTAM in Cleveland, which held the WWWE

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from 1972 until 1996 and broadcast on the same 1100 kHz frequency. WJZA must sign off at night to avoid interference with WTAM, which is a 50,000 watt clear channel station, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Broadcasting in the hybrid digital mode

This station has the equipment for broadcasting in the

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mode, using the

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system from

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. Several other stations owned by the

use the HD Radio system. On October 13, 2005, WWWE submitted a notice to the Federal Communications Commission of its intention to start digital broadcasting. The station began broadcasting using the HD Radio AM hybrid mode system between 2006 and 2007 on a test basis, but has not continued using this system since.

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