W258CB

W258CB (99.5 FM) is a radio station translator in Greenville, South Carolina. Owned by Tower Above Media, the station simulcasts a variety hits music format branded as 99.5 Jack FM from an HD Radio subchannel of SummitMedia's WJMZ-FM.

W258CB
CityGreenville, South Carolina
Broadcast areaUpstate South Carolina
Frequency99.5 MHz
Branding99.5 Jack FM
SloganPlaying What We Want
Programming
FormatVariety hits
Ownership
OwnerTower Above Media
(Tower Above Media LLC)
OperatorSummitMedia
History
First air date
December 13, 2007
Former call signs
W249CB (2004-2016)
Former frequencies
97.7 MHz (2007-2016)
Technical information
Facility ID156241
ClassD
ERP220 watts
HAAT333 meters (1,093 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
34.9352°N 82.4051°W / 34.9352; -82.4051
Repeater(s)107.3 WJMZ-HD3
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website995jackfm.com

History

W258CB began broadcasting at 97.7 FM as W249CB in December 2007 in Six Mile, re-broadcasting WLFJ-FM HD-3, which in turn was a simulcast of WHRZ-LP in Spartanburg, which carried a Christian Contemporary format. In August 2011, the station filed an application to move to Paris Mountain in Greenville, with an upgrade from 190 watts to 250 watts, allowing the station to cover Greenville County, as well as portions of neighboring Pickens and Spartanburg counties. The new location and stronger signal gave the station an impressive coverage area for a translator, helped by the location of the antenna on a mountain. After the request was granted, construction began on the new transmitter site in Greenville. The move was made official in early 2012.

On December 16, 2011, the station began operating from the new site under a construction permit. The religious format, however, did not move with the signal; on that day, 97.7 FM signed on with a variety hits format known as 97.7 Chuck FM, simulcast from an HD Radio subchannel of Cox Media Group-owned WJMZ-FM.[1]

On July 20, 2012, Cox Radio announced the sale of its mid-market stations, including WJMZ and its lease of W249CB, to SummitMedia $66.25 million. The sale was consummated on May 3, 2013.[2][3]

On August 19, 2016, the translator moved to 99.5 FM.[4] The translator changed its call sign to W258CB on August 30, 2016. On December 27, 2017, the station relaunched under the Jack FM brand, with no change in format.[5]

References
  1. Chuck Hits Greenville, SC
  2. https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/59007/cox-puts-clusters-up-for-sale/
  3. https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/80882/cox-sells-stations-in-six-markets-to-two-groups/
  4. Venta, Lance (August 12, 2016). "Greenville's Chuck-FM On The Move". Radio Insight. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  5. "Chuck Thrown Out Of Building As Jack Enters Greenville". RadioInsight. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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