WMPZ (93.5 FM) is a commercial

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located in

Harrison, Tennessee Harrison is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,902 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area. Harrison Bay State Park, the Hamilt ...

, broadcasting to the

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area. WMPZ airs an

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music format branded as "G93", and is owned by Brewer Media. Its studios are located just south of downtown Chattanooga, and its transmitter is located in Red Bank. WMPZ's previous formats included Urban Oldies,

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, &

Smooth Jazz Smooth jazz is commercially oriented crossover jazz music. Although often described as a "genre", it is a debatable and highly controversial subject in jazz music circles. As a radio format, however, smooth jazz radio became the successor to e ...

On January 4, 2022, the station rebranded as "G93" and replaced the syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, which it had carried for more than a decade, with The

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Morning Show.

References

External links

WMPZ official website
* MPZ Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1994 {{Tennessee-radio-station-stub