WJMX-FM, also known as "103X", is a Hot AC station located in the Florence, South Carolina

Florence, South Carolina

-Municipal government and politics:The City of Florence has a council-manager form of government. The mayor and city council are elected every four years, with no term limits...

, radio market. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...

 (FCC) to the town of Cheraw, South Carolina

Cheraw, South Carolina

Cheraw is a town on the Pee Dee River in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,524 at the 2000 census and center of an urban cluster with a total population of 9,069. It has been nicknamed "The Prettiest Town in Dixie." The harbor tub USS Cheraw was named in the...

, and broadcasts on 103.3 FM with a effective radiated power

Effective radiated power

In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...

 (ERP) of 50 kW.

History

103.3 signed on July 17, 1979 as WPDZ in Cheraw as the area's first FM top 40 station, "Z103". Although the station broadcasted with 3 kW of power at the time, Z103 eventually passed longtime Top 40 outlet WJMX AM 970 in the ratings (WJMX would add an FM signal on 106.3 in 1985). Eventually, WPDZ got a construction permit to increase its power to 50 kW, but the station went into bankruptcy by 1987 before it could be acted upon.

In early 1988, WJMX-FM purchased WPDZ and simulcasted its 106.3 FM signal with the 103.3 signal for most of the year, while upgrading the 103.3 signal to 50 kW. In November of that year, WJMX spun off its 106.3 signal to Urban Contemporary

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

 outlet, WYNN-FM

WYNN-FM

WYNN-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Urban format. Licensed to Florence, South Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 106.3 with an effective radiated power of 6 kW.-History:...

, while the 103.3 frequency became "103X", the CHR format (with more classic hits

Classic hits

Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

in the late 1980s).

In a deal announced in February 1997, Root Communications Ltd. announced plans to buy eight radio stations owned by Florence-based Atlantic Broadcasting, including WJMX-FM.
Qantum Communications Inc. purchased Florence's Root Communications Group LP stations in 2003.

This station had a format change to Hot AC in July 2010.

External links

• 103X's official website