WJOK
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Broadcast area | Green Bay-Appleton-Oshkosh |
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Frequency | 1050kHz |
Branding | Relevant Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Christian radio |
Affiliations | Relevant Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | September 25, 1965 |
Former call signs | WKAU (1965–1984) WQWM (1984–1993) WSGC (1993–1999) |
Call signmeaning | JesusOurKing (backronymed calls; formerly stood for "Jock"for last commercial sports format) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 19879 |
Class | B |
Power | 1,000wattsday 500 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°14′51″N88°18′00″W/ 44.24750°N 88.30000°W |
Translator(s) | 95.7MHzW239CV (Oshkosh) 107.9 MHzW300CM (Appleton) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | relevantradio |
WJOK(1050AM) is aRoman CatholicChristianformattedradio stationlicensedtoKaukauna, Wisconsin,that serves theGreen BayandAppleton-Oshkoshareas. The station is owned by the Green Bay-basedRelevant Radionetwork.
The station originally signed on as WKAU in aTop 40format. In 1984, the station was sold to Quinn Martin of Milwaukee who changed the call letters to his initials, WQWM, and made it anoldiesmusic format. The station changed hands again in 1993 to a new ownership who changed the calls to WSGC and the format to"Positive Country"music. Another sale in 1999 resulted in the station becoming all-sports "1050 The Jock, WJOK," which carried programming from the national Sports Fan Radio Network as well as local broadcasts ofWisconsin Timber Rattlersbaseball. WJOK was purchased byStarboard Broadcastingin 2000, and the station joined Starboard's Relevant Radio network on November 26 of that year.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WJOK".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Klister, Eric (Nov 29, 2000)."Kaukauna radio station is sold, switches formats".Appleton Post-Crescent.ProQuest437128553– via ProQuest.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 19879 (WJOK)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WJOKinNielsen Audio's AM station database