WJUC
WJUC ("The Juice") is a commercial Urban contemporary music radio station in Swanton, Ohio, broadcasting to the Swanton, Ohio-Toledo, Ohio area on 107.3 FM. The station's studios are located in Toledo, and its transmitter is located north of Swanton.
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| City | Swanton, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Toledo, Ohio |
| Frequency | 107.3 MHz |
| Branding | "The Juice 107.3" |
| Slogan | Hits From Back in The Day & Today |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Fleming Street Communications, Inc. |
| History | |
| First air date | 1997 |
| Call sign meaning | JUiCe |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.thejuice1073.com/ |
WJUC, which began broadcasting in 1997, was the first African-American owned-and-operated radio station in the Toledo market and is one of the few radio stations in the area that is still locally owned and operated. "The Juice" began as a station playing a wide variety of musical styles appealing to African-American listeners, including rap, soul oldies, gospel music, and blues. Today, the station's playlist consists almost exclusively of R&B and urban contemporary hits, aside from a Sunday-morning gospel music show.
WJUC is the brainchild of Charles "Charlie Chuck" Welch, a former disc jockey at the now-defunct WKLR-FM (now WKKO). Welch is said to be proud that his station is still live and local and has reportedly declined offers from larger broadcasters to buy his station.
WJUC primarily competes with Urban Radio Broadcasting's WJZE-FM (Hot 97.3) for the ears of hip-hop listeners in Toledo. The Juice's ratings have fallen in recent years due to competition from WJZE, which is now usually the higher-rated (12+) of the two stations. WJUC also suffers from a signal that becomes scratchy in the eastern portion of the Toledo metro area and under certain weather conditions is sometimes swamped by co-channel interference from WNWV-FM in Elyria, Ohio, although the station continues to enjoy respectable ratings despite its limited reach.
Effective May 25, 2017, Welch Communications assigned the license for WJUC to Fleming Street Communications, Inc., a corporation controlled by Charles Welch's children.
External links
- WJUC in the FCC's FM station database
- WJUC on Radio-Locator
- WJUC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database