WJZZ is an iconic legendary Jazz format digital radio station based in Detroit. MI. It was originally founded by the famous Jazz musician Dave Brubeck and a partner in 1960, as the first station in the United States dedicated entirely to Jazz. It was later acquired by Doctors Haley Bell & Wendell Cox, who established the WJZZ call letters in Detroit on March 18, 1974. It soon became the premier Jazz radio station in the nation. The station shut down its broadcasting in the Fall of 1996 and remained dormant for 23 years. The Station, via the call letters WJZZ, was revived by Rodger Penzabene Jr. the President & CEO of Detroit Jazz Radio Entertainment. in May 2015, and began broadcasting as a Global Internet Radio Station.