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{{short description|Radio station in Prince Frederick, Maryland (Washington, D.C.)}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WDCJ
| above = Simulcasts [[WMMJ]], [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]]
| city = [[Prince Frederick, Maryland]]
| country = US
| area = {{ubl|[[Washington metropolitan area|Washington metro area]]|[[Chesapeake Beach, Maryland|Chesapeake Beach]]}}
| branding = Majic 102.3 & 92.7
| airdate = {{start date and age|1971|8|1|p=y|br=y}}<ref>{{cite book|title=1972 Broadcasting Yearbook|page=B-96|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1972/B-1%20YB%201972%20All-11.pdf}}</ref>
| frequency = {{Frequency|92.7|[[Megahertz|MHz]]}} {{HD Radio}}
| format = [[Urban oldies]]/[[urban adult contemporary|AC]]
| power = 2,850 [[watt]]s
| class = A
| facility_id = 43277
| haat = {{convert|145|m|ft|0|sp=us}}
| coordinates = {{coord|38|40|26|N|76|35|41|W|region:US-MD_type:landmark}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WESM (1971–1973)|WMJS (1973–2000)|WBZS-FM (2000–2006)|WWXT (2006–2017)}}
| owner = [[Urban One]]
| licensee = Radio One Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations = [[WMMJ]], [[WKYS]], [[WOL (AM)|WOL]], [[WPRS-FM]], [[WYCB]]
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://mymajicdc.com/listen-live/}}
| website = {{url|https://mymajicdc.com}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WDCJ''' (92.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]), known on air as "Majic 102.3 & 92.7," is an [[urban oldies]]-leaning [[urban adult contemporary]] formatted [[radio station]] licensed to [[Prince Frederick, Maryland]], and serving the southeastern [[Washington metropolitan area]]. The station's programming is a relay of [[WMMJ]] (102.3 FM) in [[Bethesda, Maryland]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Majic Expands, Can Now Be Heard on 102.3 and 92.7 FM|url=https://mymajicdc.com/3677961/majic-102-3-92-7/|date=1 May 2017}}</ref>
==History==
92.7 FM signed on August 1, 1971 as WESM, a local station serving [[Calvert County, Maryland]] with [[country music]]. Original owners George Gautney and Carl Jones sold the station to Mel Gollub's MJS Communications in 1973.<ref>{{cite news|title=Changing hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1973/1973-02-19-BC.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=February 5, 1973|page=32}}</ref> As WMJS, the station continued as country at first, but later flipped to [[adult contemporary]] in 1985 and again to [[easy listening]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Madden|first1=Marty|title=WMJS History|url=http://wmjs.org/about/wmjs-history/}}</ref>
In 2000, Mega Communications bought the station.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=Mega Buys WMJS|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw09.html|date=November 17, 1999}}</ref> Under the new callsign WBZS-FM, it joined a simulcast with [[WLZV|WBPS]] (94.3 FM, [[Warrenton, Virginia]]) to create a metro-wide network for its "La Nueva Mega" Spanish-language [[adult contemporary]] format. In 2005, the network flipped to Spanish oldies branded as "Mega Clasica".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=Mega Flips 92.7 & 94.3 To "Classica"|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw15.html|publisher=DCRTV|date=November 17, 2005}}</ref>
Immediately after the sale, efforts began to build a low-powered station to return local service to Calvert County.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ahrens|first1=Frank|title=In Calvert County, Hola and Goodbye|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/05/02/in-calvert-county-hola-and-goodbye/5df46659-f9b2-462b-95c1-94fd738ab84c/|work=The Washington Post|date=2 May 2000}}</ref> [[WMJS-LP]], taking the now-unused callsign, signed on in 2003.
[[Red Zebra Broadcasting]], headed by [[Washington Redskins]] owner [[Daniel Snyder]], purchased the two stations along with [[WTNT (AM)|WKDL]] (730 AM, [[Alexandria, Virginia]]) in January 2006. Snyder's goal was a [[sports talk radio]] competitor to [[WTEM]] (980 AM). The three-station network was known as "Triple X ESPN Radio", with 92.7 FM gaining the WWXT callsign to match.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clabaugh|first1=Jeff|title=Snyder buys three Washington radio stations|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/01/16/daily41.html|work=Washington Business Journal|date=January 20, 2006}}</ref> Snyder bought WTEM itself in 2008, after which the network was simply known as "ESPN 980".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hughes|first1=Dave|title=Snyder To Buy WTEM & Two Talkers From Clear Channel|url=http://www.dcrtv.com/mediaw18.html|publisher=DCRTV|date=June 4, 2008}}</ref>
Snyder began selling his radio properties in 2017. WWXT was sold to [[Urban One]] on April 20; the station was flipped to a simulcast of WMMJ's urban adult contemporary format on May 1, with the new WDCJ callsign taking effect on the 19th.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Madden|first1=Marty|title=Calvert-licensed radio station changing ownership again|url=http://www.thebaynet.com/articles/0417/calvertlicensedradiostationchangingownershipagain.html|work=TheBayNet|date=April 23, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.mymajicdc.com/ Official Website of ''Majic 102.3'']
*{{FM station data|43277|WDCJ}}
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