WJDX (AM)
WJDX (620 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs a news/talk/sports radio format.[2]
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| Broadcast area | Jackson, Mississippi |
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| Frequency | 620 kHz |
| Branding | AM 620 FM 104.7 WJDX |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk/sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio ABC News Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Networks WJTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WJDX-FM, WSFZ, WSTZ-FM, WMSI-FM, WHLH | |
| 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 |
| Translator(s) | 104.7 W284DT (Jackson) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wjdx.iheart.com |
Mississippi Sports This Morning, which is now airing on WJQS, is the station's flagship local program. It aired during WJDX's morning drive slot without interruption from 1998 to 2020. 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 since its inception.
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.
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.
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 official website
- WJDX in the FCC AM station database
- WJDX on Radio-Locator
- WJDX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W284DT in the FCC FM station database
- W284DT on Radio-Locator