WJCT-FM

WJCT-FM (89.9 MHz) is a public radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. Owned by WJCT, Inc., it is an NPR member station. It shares studios with its sister PBS station WJCT (channel 7) on Festival Park Avenue, near TIAA Bank Field in Downtown Jacksonville's Stadium District. Its transmitter facilities are located on Hogan Road in the city's Killarney Shores area.

WJCT-FM
CityJacksonville, Florida
BrandingWJCT
SloganYour Community, Your World
Frequency89.9 MHz (HD Radio)
First air date1972
Format
ERP98,000 watts
HAAT251 meters (823 ft)
ClassC1
Facility ID73125
Transmitter coordinates30°16′51.8″N 81°34′11.9″W
Call sign meaningW Jacksonville Community Television
AffiliationsNPR
OwnerWJCT, Inc.
Sister stationsWJCT (TV)
WebcastListen Live
Websitenews.wjct.org
WJCT-HD2 Online (HD2)
WJCT-HD3 Online (HD3)
WJCT-HD4 Online (HD4)

HD Radio

WJZT broadcasts in HD Radio; it broadcasts three full-time subchannels, Classical 24 on HD2— which carries classical music, Anthology on HD3 - which carries classic hits, and "Electro Lounge Radio" on HD4 - which carries lounge music. The HD3 format was, in particular, created in response to the sale of Jones College's WKTZ-FM to the Educational Media Foundation—resulting in it dropping its long-time easy listening format (which it had, in turn, inherited from the current WEJZ) in favor of K-Love. The format was described by music director David Luckin as being a broader and "edgier" take on the format designed to appeal to a wider audience, with "songs you listened to with your mother and songs that you grew up with" rather than simply "elevator music".[1]

From September to November 2019, the station added a temporary country music subchannel, Pop-Up Country, on HD4, as a tie-in to Ken Burns' PBS documentary series Country Music.[2]

References
  1. Edgier easy listening returns to the air on Jacksonville's WJCT-FM's HD3 station. The Florida Times-Union, April 1, 2015.
  2. "WJCT Launches Pop-Up Channel For Ken Burns Country Music Series". RadioInsight. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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