WJDX (AM)
WJDX (620 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and licensed to Capstar TX Limited Partnership. It airs a news/talk/sports format.[2]
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| City | Jackson, Mississippi |
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| Broadcast area | Jackson, Mississippi |
| Frequency | 620 kHz |
| Branding | AM 620 |
| Slogan | Jackson's Talk, News and Sports |
| Programming | |
| Format | News talk/Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WJDX-FM |
| History | |
| First air date | 1929 |
| Former call signs | WJDX (1929-1990) WJDS (1990-1998)[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 59817 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°22′56″N 90°11′26″W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | https://wjdx.iheart.com/ |
Mississippi Sports This Morning is the station's flagship local program. It has aired during WJDX's morning drive slot without interruption since 1998. It is currently hosted by Doug Colson and Jay White. It is the longest running daily sports talk program in Mississippi radio history.
WJDX also serves as the Jackson home for the New Orleans Saints and NASCAR.[3]
The station was assigned the current WJDX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on October 9, 1998.[1] According to the FCC, the call letters were WJDS from July 6, 1990 to October 8, 1998. Prior to July 6, 1990 the call letters were WJDX for several years.
On October 3, 2011 WJDX changed their format to news/talk.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, WJDX was a successful Top 40 music station. Prior to that the station had been a conservative MOR music outlet.
In 1992 a fire at the base of one of the towers briefly took the station off the air.[4]
Previous logo
References
- "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- "Saints Radio Network Stations". New Orleans Saints. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-MTM6z6G8
Skeeter (Eugenia Phelan) describes listening to Patsy Cline's « Walking After Midnight » followed by « Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray » on WJDX radio in the Cadillac after her first interview with Aibileen in Kathryn Stockett's novel ‘The Help’.
External links
- WJDX in the FCC's AM station database
- WJDX on Radio-Locator
- WJDX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database