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The new call sign referred to Baltimore, Maryland. The station was purchased on March 6, 1968, by Key Broadcasting, which continued the Christian radio format, changing its call sign to WBMD-FM in late 1969. The original call letters were WCBC, owned by Christian Broadcasting Company and it aired a Christian radio format. The station signed on the air on November 22, 1963.

Meanwhile, the WJZ call letters have been used in Baltimore since 1957, when WAAM (channel 13) was renamed to WJZ-TV, an ABC Network affiliate that was changed to CBS in 1995. Often, years later, owners retroactively created a slogan to fit their call letters. Apocryphal stories claimed the "JZ" in the call sign referred to New Jersey, but call letters in 1921 were assigned by the Department of Commerce, often in sequential alphabetical order, and few of them stood for anything. Westinghouse was the owner of WJZ radio in Newark, New Jersey from 1921 to 1923, before it moved to New York. The call letters "WJZ" were originally created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the direct predecessor to the current CBS Corporation. The call letters WJZ-FM were originally used on what is now WPLJ in New York City from its founding in 1948 to 1953 when the station became WABC-FM, alongside WABC-TV and WABC (AM). History History of the WJZ-FM call sign įurther information: WPLJ and American Broadcasting Company The HD2 digital subchannel carries the Bloomberg Radio business news format heard on WDCH-FM, while the HD3 subchannel rebroadcasts co-owned WJZ (1300 AM), which primarily carries BetQL shows.

WJZ-FM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. WJZ-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. Studios and offices are located in Towson. Local shows are heard on weekdays, with programming from the CBS Sports Radio Network airing nights and weekends.

through licensee Audacy License, LLC, and it broadcasts a sports radio format. WJZ-FM (105.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Catonsville, Maryland, and serving the Baltimore metropolitan area.