WMJX 2409554 219488527 2008-06-15T13:48:16Z 71.233.6.176 {{Infobox Radio Station | name = WMJX | image = <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:WMJX-FM.jpg]] -->| city = [[Boston, Massachusetts]]| area = [[Greater Boston]] | branding = Magic 106.7| slogan = ''"Continuous Soft Rock"''| airdate = [[1956]] | frequency = 106.7 ([[megahertz|MHz]]) {{HD Radio}}| format = [[Adult Contemporary]] | erp = 21,500 [[watt]]s | haat = 235 [[meter]]s| class = B | facility_id = 25052| owner = [[Greater Media]] | webcast = [http://bdcast-greatermedia-wmjx-fm.wm.llnwd.net/bdcast_greatermedia_wmjx-fm Listen Live]| website = [http://www.magic1067.com/ www.magic1067.com]| callsign_meaning = W'''MJ'''X = Magic| }} WMJX-FM is a radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts. It broadcasts on 106.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]. It has an Adult Contemporary format. It's transmitter is located atop the [[Prudential Tower]] in Downtown Boston. Magic 106.7 is Boston's most successful radio station. ==History== The 106.7 frequency in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] was first used as WBZ-FM, the [[FM]] compliment to [[WBZ (AM)]], and was owned by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] (later [[Group W]]. The station's earliest use was a [[european classical music|classical music]] format, and later evolved into a combination [[simulcast]] of WBZ (AM) during the morning, with the classical music at other times. On December 31, 1971, WBZ-FM became a [[rock music]] station as "Stereo 106.7", programming mostly Top-40 with some album cuts. Although automasted, it featured voice-tracked announcing from [[Clark Smidt]] (who also programmed the station) and [[Ken Shelton]]. For a time in the mid-1970s, WBZ-FM was Boston's second most popular Top-40 station, only trailing [[WRKO]] in popularity. In 1975, both Smidt and Shelton left to join [[WJMN-FM|WCOZ]], which was changing formats from beautiful-music to album-oriented rock. After that, WBZ-FM's ratings stagnated. During the years as a rock station, WBZ-FM also simulcast the hourly newscasts from sister station [[WBZ (AM)]], the commercial spots on which were the only commercials heard on the FM side. In [[1981]], WBZ-FM was sold to [[Greater Media]], becoming that company's first Boston station. Under the new ownership, the station cut the rock format and shut down the station for most of the fall of [[1981]]. Before signing back on as "Magic" in January of 1982, the station installed a new transmitter and raised the height of the antenna on the WBZ tower. A few years later the transmission equipment was relocated to the Prudential Tower, giving 106.7 a great signal in Downtown Boston. On [[January 6]], [[1982]] at 6:00PM, the new 106.7 signed on as WMJX "Magic 106", using the [[adult contemporary]] format pioneered by Greater Media at [[WMGK]] "Magic 103" in Philadelphia, and also heard on [[WMGQ]] "Magic 98.3" in [[New Brunswick, New Jersey|New Brunswick]], [[New Jersey]] and [[WMGC]] "Magic 105.1" in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. The station's first song was "Magic" by [[Olivia Newton-John]]. By the mid-1980s, the station's name evolved to "Magic 106.7". Magic 106.7 easily lead WVBF "Boston 105" and WSSH "Wish 99.5" out of their competing adult contemporary formats. (Ironically, the current successors of both stations - [[WROR]] and [[WKLB-FM]] - have since entered ownership by Greater Media and are therefore sister stations to WMJX.) Magic 106.7 also has a very popular and well-known nighttime host, David Allan Boucher, who hosts "Bedtime Magic" (he can also be heard on a few other stations around the country, and for a time on sister stations WMGC in Detroit, and WMJQ in East Brunswick, NJ.). During the early 2000's, WMJX was one of the few AC stations not to broadcast wall-to-wall [[Christmas music]] during the weeks leading up to Christmas. In 2005, WMJX joined the bandwagon and broadcast an All-Christmas Format from the day after Thanksgiving through December 25th. However in 2007, sister station WROR is handling the All-Christmas format. ==HD Radio== WMJX broadcasts on 106.7 [[HD Radio|HD2]] as a smooth jazz station, a spinoff of the popular ''Sunday Morning Jazz'' program. ==Awards== In 2007, the station was nominated for the top 25 markets [[adult contemporary]] station of the year award by [[Radio & Records]] magazine. Other nominees included [[KOST]] in Los Angeles, [[WALK-FM]] in Nassau, New York, [[WLTW]] in New York, [[WBEB]], in Philadelphia, and KEZK-FM in St. Louis. <ref name='randrawards'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=2007 Industry Achievement Awards | date=Sept 28, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.radioandrecords.com/Conventions/con2007/awards/indexFinal.asp | work =Radio and Records}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == *[http://www.magic1067.com/ Magic 106.7 website] *{{FMQ|WMJX}} *{{FML|WMJX}} *{{FMARB|WMJX}} {{Boston Radio}} {{Greater Media}} [[Category:Radio stations in Boston, Massachusetts|MJX]] [[Category:Greater Media stations|MJX]] [[Category:Adult contemporary radio stations in the United States]]