WJOC
| Broadcast area | Chattanooga |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1490kHz |
| Branding | AM 1490 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/Talk&Religious |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sarah Margarett Fryar |
| History | |
Former call signs | WDXB (1948–1991) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 31861 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000wattsunlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°3′7.00″N85°16′24.00″W/ 35.0519444°N 85.2733333°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wjoc.com |
WJOC "Bible Talk Chattanooga(1490AM,"AM 1490" ) is aradio stationbroadcasting atalkformat.[1]Licensed toChattanooga, Tennessee,United States, the station serves the Chattanooga and surrounding areas. The station is currently owned by Sarah Margarett Fryar.[2]The station was WDXB from 1948–1989. In the 1960s through the early 1980s it was one of Chattanooga's most popular Top-40 stations and featured popular personalities Chickamauga Charlie or "Chicky Poo", who later went toWGOW,and Johnny Walker, who later went to WKGN in Knoxville. In the 1980s it aired multiple formats. Everything fromcountrytopunk rock,evenblueswas heard on the station during this time. In 1989 the owners sold to the station toChattanooga Lookoutsplay-by-play announcer Larry Ward. Under Larry's direction the station became WJOC, Chattanooga's first all-sports station. However, the format was short-lived, and in 1993 WJOC was sold to its current owner and adopted its currenttalk radio/religiousformat. In 1999, WJOC became the first radio station in the Chattanooga Market to stream it's audio world wide on the internet.
History of call letters
[edit]The call letters WJOC previously belonged to an AM station in Jamestown, New York. It began broadcasting January 26, 1948, on 1470 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Station Information Profile".Arbitron.Winter 2010.Retrieved2010-02-22.
- ^"WJOC Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.Retrieved2010-02-22.
- ^"WJOC in Operation at Jamestown, N.Y."(PDF).Broadcasting. February 16, 1948.Retrieved8 November2014.
External links
[edit]- WJOCin theFCCAM station database
- WJOCinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for WJOC
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