WJLX

WJLX (1240 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Jasper, Alabama. The station was owned by Don Earley. It aired a full-service oldies music format.[2]

WJLX
Broadcast areaWalker County, Alabama
Frequency1240 kHz
BrandingOldies 101.5 & 1240
Programming
FormatOldies
Ownership
Owner
  • Don Earley
  • (James D. Earley)
WJBE-FM
History
First air date
1957 (as WARF)
Former call signs
WARF (1957-2003)
WTID (2003-2004)
WLYJ (2004-2007)
WZTQ (2007-2008)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID54798
ClassC
Power1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
33°48′54″N 87°16′19″W
Translator(s)101.5 W268BM (Jasper)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewjlx1015.com

WJLX has now been silent for more than two years which is more than twice the length of time allowed by the Federal Communications Commission before the license of a radio station is permanently deleted. Because of this, the radio station legally no longer exists along with W268BM, the FM translator which was authorized to rebroadcast WJLX onto the FM band.

The station was assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since January 29, 2008, when it swapped with then-sister station WLYJ.[1]

History

In September 1993, Radio South, Inc., reached an agreement to sell country music formatted WARF to New Century Radio, Inc.[3] The deal was approved by the FCC on September 27, 1993.[4]

The station was assigned the call letters WTID by the FCC on January 9, 2003.[1] In May 2004, New Century Radio, Inc. (Vachel L. Posey Jr., president) reached an agreement to sell WTID to Joy Christian Communications Inc. (Ed L. Smith, president) for a reported sale price of $200,000.[5] The deal was approved by the FCC on June 28, 2004, and the transaction was consummated on July 9, 2004.[6] At the time of the sale, the station broadcast an oldies music format.[5] The new owners had the FCC change this station's call letters to WLYJ on September 8, 2004.[1]

The station was assigned the call letters WZTQ by the FCC on September 17, 2007, when it swapped with then-sister station WLYJ.[1] Just before the station was put up for sale, on January 29, 2008 the owners had the station's callsign changed again, this time to WJLX.[1]

In February 2008, Joy Christian Communications Inc. reached an agreement to sell WJLX to Walker County Broadcasting (through their subsidiary, Wal Win LLC, headed by shareholder Brett Elmore - known locally as "The One-Armed Bandit".[7] Wal Win LLC agreed to pay in full the mortgage held against real property (with the pay-off being $300,000) in exchange for the station.[8] The deal was approved by the FCC on March 27, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on April 11, 2008.[9]

On October 1, 2009 WJLX changed their format to oldies, branded as "Oldies 101.5" (the FM frequency is translator W268BM, which relayed WJLX on 101.5 FM).

Unable to pay debts and financially insolvent, Wal Win sold WJLX to the Hattie Reese Trust effective January 19, 2017 for $150,000. The station's license was subsequently assigned to John Burdette upon the dissolution of the Trust effective November 20, 2017.

Effective May 1, 2018, the station was sold to Don Earley, who owns the Alabama Cable Network. The station retained General Manager Brett Elmore as well as on-air talent Johnny Elmore and Woody Wilson.

WJLX stopped broadcasting at some point during late 2020 or early 2021 and has not broadcast since.

Call signFrequencyCity of licenseERP (W)ClassFCC info
W268BM 101.5 FMJasper, Alabama250DFMQ

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  3. "AM History Profile: WJLX". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  4. "Application Search Details (BAL-19930903GN)". FCC Media Bureau. September 27, 1993.
  5. "Changing Hands - 5/31/2004". Broadcasting & Cable. May 31, 2004.
  6. "Application Search Details (BAL-20040517ADQ)". FCC Media Bureau. July 9, 2004.
  7. "Deals - 3/3/2008". Broadcasting & Cable. March 2, 2008.
  8. "Transactions for Feb 25, 2008". Radio and Records. 2008-02-25.
  9. "Application Search Details (BAL-20080215AED)". FCC Media Bureau. April 11, 2008.
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