WZFT
WZFT, branded "Z104.3", is a Gold-based CHR radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is currently owned and operated by iHeartMedia. WZFT's studios are located at The Rotunda shopping center in Baltimore, and its transmitter is based atop Television Hill in the city's Woodberry district.
History
WITH-FM and DJ-104
The station signed on in 1949, as WITH-FM, the FM sister station to WITH.On October 1, 1974, WITH-FM became contemporary hit radio WDJQ-FM "DJ-104". By the late 1970s, WDJQ-FM made an attempt to do an all-disco format, which failed in the ratings, and the station went back to top 40 at the end of 1979.
B-104
In June 1980, Scripps-Howard Broadcasting acquired WDJQ-FM, and at noon on July 2, 104.3 FM became WBSB under the branding "B-104", but retaining the previous top 40 format.Variety 104.3 and Soft 104.3
By 1991, the top 40 format suffered a decline in audience and revenue due to the rise of alternative rock and hip hop. Many stations around the country flipped to other formats; WBSB was one of those. On February 18, 1992, at 9:00 am, after playing a montage of station memories, the station flipped to hot AC "Variety 104.3". The first song on "Variety" was "Listen to the Music" by The Doobie Brothers. In January 1993, the station changed its call letters to WVRT. The station suffered from low ratings during this time. Capitol Broadcasting, the owners of WWMX, acquired the station from E. W. Scripps in the fall of 1993. On December 13, the station began stunting with a simulcast of WWMX. At midnight on December 20, the stunting switched to a loop of only five songs, as well as liners redirecting listeners to WWMX. Finally, on January 12, 1994, at 6 pm, the station flipped to soft AC "Soft 104.3" WSSF. Capitol sold the station to American Radio Systems in 1994.104.3 The Colt and 104.3-OCT
After just 9 months of "Soft", on October 14, 1994, at 3 pm, the station flipped to 1970s-based classic hits as "104.3 The Colt", using the call letters WOCT. The station later evolved into a classic rock format. In 1998, American Radio Systems merged with CBS Radio/Infinity Broadcasting. The company was forced to sell one station due to being over the ownership limitations of 5 FM stations in a market. As a result, WOCT was sold to Jacor Communications, which would merge with the station's current owner iHeartMedia a year later. Following the sale, the station changed its format again, this time to a harder classic rock format as "104.3-OCT".Baltimore 104.3 and B-104.3
In 2001, the station returned to mainstream classic rock as "Baltimore 104.3", and then a year later briefly brought back the heritage "B-104" name as WXFB.Smooth Jazz 104.3 and Channel 104.3
On September 5, 2003, at 10 am, the station flipped to smooth jazz as WSMJ.On May 23, 2008, at 9 am, after playing "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" by Gladys Knight & the Pips, the station began stunting with Christmas music. At noon that same day, the station launched into a 1990s-intensive modern rock format as Channel 104.3. The first song on "Channel" was "No Way Back" by The Foo Fighters. On May 29, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WCHH.
In January 2009, the station's transmitter was moved from northeast of the city to Television Hill near downtown, with hopes of improving signal coverage in the Howard County and Anne Arundel County suburbs.