WQJJ-LP

WQJJ-LP (101.9 FM, "101.9 Fox-FM") is an American low-power FM radio station licensed to serve the community of Jasper, Alabama. WQJJ-LP is owned by North Alabama Public Service Broadcasters.[1]

WQJJ-LP
Frequency101.9 MHz
Branding101.9 Fox-FM
Programming
FormatAdult Contemporary/Oldies
Ownership
OwnerNorth Alabama Public Service Broadcasters
History
First air date
2005 (at 97.7)
Former frequencies
97.7 MHz (2005-2013)
100.1 MHz (2013-2016)
Technical information
Facility ID135721
ClassL1
ERP100 watts
HAAT19 meters
Transmitter coordinates
33°50′50″N 87°17′7″W

WQJJ-LP has operated within the Birmingham, Alabama, radio market since initially going on-air during January 2005 and is the only local radio station within its city of license (Jasper, Alabama) to still be operated by its original owners.

WQJJ-LP is available on both FM broadcast at 101.9 MHz. as well as online at Cat40Hits.com - 101.9 Fox FM Online and is working diligently at becoming more and more an online broadcasters, now also adding a second digital signal (found at BamaCountryHits.com - Bama Country Hits) to its presentation while also setting its sights on becoming the leading broadcaster in the state of Alabama. WQJJ-LP is growing and improving while competitors are withering and dying.

History

The station was applied for by its current owners, North Alabama Public Service Broadcasters, during August 2000. A local individual was selected as station manager under its owners. The station was assigned the WQJJ-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 30, 2003.[1]

The second-oldest LPFM station in Alabama, WQJJ-LP originally went on the air during January 2005. The local manager managed the station for almost three years and resigned. Because of this, WQJJ-LP temporarily went silent in mid-April 2008. WQJJ-LP was completely rebuilt and returned to the air under management of the original owners on June 18, 2008.[2]

Due to management's extreme dedication to serving "The Good of Our Community" (another of the station's slogans), during, and for more than five days following the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak which wiped out several local areas, WQJJ-LP was the only broadcast facility in Walker County to still be on the air and serving the local community. As all other Walker County broadcast stations were inoperative during this time, WQJJ-LP management sought and obtained special temporary authority from the FCC to increase power for the duration of the emergency situation.

On December 25, 2012, the station changed frequencies from its original 97.7 MHz to 100.1 MHz. Due to severe interference received from a new Birmingham FM translator, also authorized to operate on 100.1 MHz., the station relocated again effective February 29, 2016 to 101.9 MHz for a greatly improved and interference free signal.

WQJJ-LP is now known as "101.9 Fox-FM" and airs an Adult Contemporary/Oldies music format, the first in America to be trademarked as "Classic Top-40".[3][4]

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "FM History Profile: WQJJ". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  4. "Alabama LPFM & Translators". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
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