WQJJ-LP

WQJJ-LP (101.9 FM, "101.9 Fox-FM") is an American low-power FM radio station - the only FM radio station licensed to serve the community of Jasper, Alabama, by the Federal Communications Commission. WQJJ-LP broadcasts locally from Jasper as a "live and local" radio station with a radio studio located within the city and with a live person on-site 24 hours daily. WQJJ-LP is also the area's only local radio station (AM or FM) that is still owned and operated by its original owners, North Alabama Public Service Broadcasters.[1]

WQJJ-LP
CityJasper, Alabama
Branding101.9 Fox-FM
SloganClassic Top-40
Frequency101.9 MHz
First air date2005 (at 97.7)
FormatAdult Contemporary/Oldies
ERP100 watts
HAAT19 meters
ClassL1
Facility ID135721
Transmitter coordinates33°50′50″N 87°17′7″W
Former frequencies97.7 MHz (2005-2013)
100.1 MHz (2013-2016)
OwnerNorth Alabama Public Service Broadcasters

WQJJ-LP has been silent since October 17, 2018. In its application for special temporary authority from the FCC, the station cited the loss of its studio and transmitter sites.[2]

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.[3]

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 became known as "101.9 Fox-FM" and aired an Adult Contemporary/Oldies music format, the first in America to be trademarked as "Classic Top-40".[4][5]

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "BLSTA-20181210ABM Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA — WQJJ-LP". December 10, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  3. "FM History Profile: WQJJ". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
  4. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  5. "Alabama LPFM & Translators". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.