WXJC (AM)

WXJC

Birmingham, Alabama
Broadcast area	Birminghamand centralAlabama
Frequency	850kHz(HD Radio)
Branding	Truth 101.1
Programming
Format	Southern Gospel/Talk
Ownership
Owner	Crawford BroadcastingCompany (Kimtron, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDJC-FM,WXJC-FM,WYDE,WYDE-FM
History
First air date	1946 (as WTNB)
Former call signs	WTNB(1946–1950) WILD (1950–1957) WYDE (1957–1998, 1999–2002) WMKI (1998–1999) WDJC (2002–2004)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74245
Class	B
Power	50,000wattsday 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	33°37′25″N86°44′45″W
Translator(s)	96.9W245CS (Birmingham)
Repeater(s)	101.1WXJC-FM(Cullman) 93.7WDJC-HD2(Birmingham)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wxjcradio

WXJC(850kHz,"Truth 101.1" ) is anAMradio stationlicensed to serveBirmingham, Alabama.The station is licensed to Kimtron, Inc., and is owned byCrawford Broadcasting Company.It airs aSouthern Gospelmusic andTalk radioformat.

The station has been assigned the WXJC call letters by theFederal Communications Commissionsince July 15, 2004.

History

The station currently known as WXJC signed on in 1946 as WTNB, broadcasting with 250 watts daytime power and 250 watts at night at 1490 kHz. It was originally an affiliate of theMutual Broadcasting System.The initial call letters reflected the initials of the station's original owner, Thomas N. Beech.In the 1950s the station was sold to Madison Broadcasting and changed its frequency to 850 and its call sign to WILD, retaining those call letters until the station was sold in September 1957, whenBartell Broadcastersbought the station and changed the call letters to WYDE.By the late 1950s WYDE was one of three stations in Birmingham playing Top 40 music, along withWSGNandWVOK.

In 1965 WYDE changed formats, dropping Top 40 and becoming a country music station. Unlike some country music stations, WYDE's presentation was more polished and urbane. The station's tagline was WYDE (pronounced like "wide" ) Countrypolitan. For the remainder of the 1960s and throughout most of the 1970s, the station had no direct competition in the format. This changed in 1976 when WVOK dropped its longstanding Top 40 programming and switched to country as well.

By 1977 WYDE had a second and perhaps more serious competitor as a country music station, whenWZZKbecame the first FM station in Birmingham to switch to country music. WYDE retained its format until 1982, when it dropped country to become Birmingham's first station to exclusively playoldiesfrom the 1950s through the early 1970s. In 1984 the station was sold and became a Christian music and teaching station.Throughout the remainder of the 1980s and 1990s, the station tried several different formats, includingbeautiful musicand news-talk in an attempt to gain listeners.

On November 18, 1996, the station became one ofRadio Disney's charter affiliates, as par of the network's test launch before going national the following year. The station later changing its callsigns to WMKI in 1998.

Crawford Broadcastingbought WMKI in 1999. Upon assuming control of the station, they changed the station's format to talk radio, and returned the heritage call sign of WYDE to the station. In 2002, the call signs changed to WDJC, and the station became a Christian teaching and Southern gospel music station. The current call signs were assumed on July 15, 2004.

As of October 26, 2016, this station is now being heard on Birmingham area Translator W245CS 96.9 FM. (Info extracted from fccdata.org)

WXJC broadcasts in theHD Radioformat.

On November 5, 2018, WXJC switched its FM repeater (and WXJC-FM calls) from 92.5 FM Cordova to 101.1 FM Cullman.

External links

• FCC History Cards for WXJC
• WXJC official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 74245 (WXJC)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WXJCinNielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 25032 (W245CS)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• W245CSat FCCdata.org