WJDB (AM)

WJDB
City Thomasville, Alabama
Frequency 630 kHz
First air date July 16, 1956 (1956-07-16)[1]
Last air date March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05)
Format Defunct
Power 1,000 watts (day)
49 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 25379
Transmitter coordinates 31°52′58″N 87°44′42″W / 31.88278°N 87.74500°W / 31.88278; -87.74500
Callsign meaning Joel Dige Bishop (station founder)
Owner Griffin Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations WJDB-FM

WJDB (630 AM) was an American radio station licensed to serve Thomasville, Alabama. The station, the only AM station licensed to Thomasville, was owned by Griffin Broadcasting Corporation.[2] Griffin Broadcasting also owns Thomasville's WJDB-FM.

It aired an adult hits music format.[2][3]

History

The station was assigned the "WJDB" call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]

In November 1990, licensee WJDB Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Griffin Broadcasting Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 4, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on January 31, 1991.[5]

This station was reported silent in December 2011. (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page) On May 17, 2017, the FCC informed WJDB that, as the station had been silent since at least March 5, 2016, it was in the process of cancelling the station's license;[6] the license was canceled on June 29, 2017.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-14. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "WJDB gets amped up". The Thomasville Times. November 16, 2005.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19901113HP)". FCC Media Bureau. January 31, 1991.
  6. ↑ Doyle, Peter H. (May 17, 2017). "Notification of License Expiration" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. July 5, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.


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