WWZY

WWZY is a hot adult contemporary music formatted radio station in Long Branch, New Jersey, referred to as "Fun 107.1".

"107.1 FM" simulcasted on 99.7 WBHX/Tuckerton from June 30, 2003 to November 1, 2015.

WWZY Simulcast

"107.1 FM" was simulcast to Southern Ocean County New Jersey on 99.7 WBHX in Tuckerton, New Jersey from June 30, 2003 to November 1, 2015. The WBHX transmitter is located on Long Beach Island in the town of Beach Haven, NJ. The station is also played throughout most of the day in southern Ocean County on WCAT-TV, the public-access television cable TV channel serving Pinelands Regional High School.

107.1 History

107.1 was founded in 1960 as WRLB. At the time, the station's owner was afforded the possibility of broadcasting with 50,000 watts, but he declined, thinking that FM radio had limited potential. Therefore, the station signed on with 3,000-watts from a tower located in Long Branch, NJ. The studios were located adjacent to the tower. WWZY still uses the same tower location (with actually the third different tower on the site), although the studios are now in Neptune, NJ. When the Long Branch 107.1 did not utilize 50,000 watts, the Federal Communications Commission subsequently assigned 107.1s to Briarcliff Manor, NY (north of New York City), Belvidere, NJ (near Stroudsburg, PA) and Patchogue, NY (Long Island). These area 107.1s would later haunt the Long Branch allocation with interference in fringe areas.