WJZ (AM)

WJZ (1300 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by Audacy, Inc., and broadcasts a sports betting radio format, carrying the BetQL Network during the day and evening, with CBS Sports Radio heard nights and weekends. The studios are on Clarkview Road in Baltimore, off Jones Falls Expressway (Interstate 83).

This article is about the radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. For the former WJZ (AM) in New York City, see WABC (AM).
WJZ
Broadcast areaBaltimore metropolitan area
Frequency1300 kHz
BrandingThe Bet Baltimore
Programming
FormatSports gambling
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
June 8, 1922 (1922-06-08) (as WEAR)
Former call signs
  • WEAR (1922–1924)
  • WFBR (1924–1990)
  • WLIF (1990–1991)
  • WJFK (1991–2008)
Call sign meaning
Taken from former sister station WJZ-TV, which took the callsign in honor of the former WJZ (AM) in New York City, now WABC
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID28636
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
39°20′00″N 76°46′13″W
Translator(s)104.9 W285EJ (White Marsh, relays WJZ-FM HD3)
Repeater(s)105.7 WJZ-FM HD3 (Catonsville)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/thebetbaltimore

WJZ is powered at 5,000 watts, using a directional antenna with a five-tower array. The transmitter site is on Clays Lane in Windsor Mill. Programming is simulcast on FM translator W285EJ at 104.9 MHz in White Marsh, Maryland. It is also heard on 106.5 WWMX's HD-2 digital subchannel.

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