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Coordinates: 34°5607N 82°2418W / 34.9352°N 82.4051°W / 34.9352; -82.4051
 

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W258CB
Broadcast areaUpstate South Carolina
Frequency99.5 MHz
BrandingStreetz 99.5
Programming
FormatUrban contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Tower 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°56′07N 82°24′18W / 34.9352°N 82.4051°W / 34.9352; -82.4051
    Repeater(s)107.3 WJMZ-HD3
    Links
    WebcastListen Live
    Website995streetz.com

    W258CB (99.5 FM) is a radio station translatorinGreenville, South Carolina. Owned by Tower Above Media, the station simulcasts an urban contemporary music format branded as Streetz 99.5 from an HD Radio subchannel of SummitMedia's WJMZ-FM.

    History[edit]

    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-LPinSpartanburg, 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]

    On June 1, 2021 W258CB shifted its format from adult hits to classic hits as Awesome 99.5.

    On April 28, 2023 at 3PM, after signing off the "Awesome" format with an hour of songs themed around departure in some fashion (ending with "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men), the station flipped to urban contemporary as "Streetz 99.5", launching with "Players" by Coi Leray. The format serves as a flanker for sister station WHZT against, most notably, Audacy's "The Block" translator trimulcast in the market.[6]

    References[edit]

  • ^ "Cox Puts Clusters up for Sale".
  • ^ "Cox Sells Stations in Six Markets to Two Groups".
  • ^ Venta, Lance (August 12, 2016). "Greenville's Chuck-FM On The Move". Radio Insight. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  • ^ "Chuck Thrown Out Of Building As Jack Enters Greenville". RadioInsight. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  • ^ SummitMedia Takes Awesome 99.5 to The Streetz
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