WMJY is a mainstream adult contemporary music formatted radio station

Radio station

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 based in Gulfport

Gulfport, Mississippi

Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. As of the...

–Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....

-Pascagoula

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Pascagoula is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is the principal city of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, as a part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. The population was 26,200 at the 2000 census...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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. The station is owned by Clear Channel

Clear channel

A clear-channel station is an AM band Radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. Usually known as class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former...

, and they broadcast with a ERP of 100 kW.

History

The station has it orgions as WQID-FM which located to the 93.7 dail position in the 1970s. During the height of the 1980s Top 40 radio, QID rode to the top of the radio waves. A series of ownership changes and format changes ensued and WQID found itself in a ratings slump in the early 1990s. Starr Broadcasting bought the station along with sister AM WVMI in 1994 and changed the format to Soft Rock WMJY, Magic 93.7. The station has been a long-time ratings leader with adults along the Coast.
Multi-Market Radio bought out Starr in 1994 and a series of mergers led to Clear Channel

Clear channel

A clear-channel station is an AM band Radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. Usually known as class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former...

 owning the station since 2001.

Signal

WMJY broadcast tower is in Jackson County

Jackson County, Mississippi

There were 47,676 households out of which 37.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.70% were married couples living together, 14.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.10% were non-families. 20.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.10% had...

 covering all areas far east to Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

 and far west to Slidell, Louisiana

Slidell, Louisiana

Slidell is a city situated on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 25,695 at the 2000 census. The Greater Slidell Community has a population of about 90,000...

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Airstaff

5:00AM–9:00AM The Magic Morning show w/ Walter Brown and Kelly Bennett
9:00AM–2:00PM Erika Woods
2:00PM–7:00PM "The Legend" Allen Beebe
7:00pm-12Mid Delilah

Operations Manager Walter Brown has been overseeing the station's programming since its inception and has been half of the morning team with Kelly Bennett. Together, Walter and Kelly are the longest running morning show on the Gulf Coast, over 16 years. Beebe is a legendary jock that has worked in markets such as New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans. He was at WNBC when stablemates included Don Imus

Don Imus

John Donald "Don" Imus, Jr. is an American radio host, humorist, philanthropist and writer. His nationally-syndicated talk show, Imus in the Morning, is broadcast throughout the United States by Citadel Media and relayed on television by the Fox Business Network.-Personal life:Imus was born in...

 and Howard Stern

Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...

. Clear Channel Market Manager Reggie Bates oversees the station as well as sister stations WKNN

WKNN

WKNN-FM is the heritage country radio station on the MS Gulf Coast, licensed to Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, the station serves the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...

, WBUV

WBUV

WBUV , is a news and talk radio formatted radio station based in Gulfport–Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications, and they broadcast their format at 104.9 MHz with a ERP of 16 kW.-History:WBUB was a country station in Mobile, Al but licensed...

 and WQYZ

WQYZ

WQYZ is a radio station located in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, that plays urban adult contemporary hits. They are owned by Clear Channel Communications.-Programming:...

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External links

• WMJY official website