WDCJ

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WDCJ
Simulcasts WXGI, Richmond
Broadcast areaMetro Petersburg
Frequency 1240 kHz
BrandingThe Box
Programming
Format Classic hip hop
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
1945 (1945) (as WSSV)
Former call signs
WSSV (1945–1986)
WPLZ (1986–1989)
WGCV (1989–2003)
WROU (2003–2007)
WCGV (2007-2016)
WTPS (2016-2025)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 60474
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
 37°14′1.5″N77°22′34.9″W / 37.233750°N 77.376361°W / 37.233750; -77.376361
Translator 102.7 W274BX (Petersburg)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website theboxrichmond.com

WDCJ (1240 kHz) is a classic hip hop formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Petersburg, Virginia, serving Metro Petersburg. [2] WDCJ is owned and operated by Urban One. The station's studios and offices are located just north of Richmond proper on Emerywood Parkway [3] in Petersburg. [4]

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Logo as a sports station

The station has broadcast the programming of WXGI in Richmond since Urban One's purchase of that station on May 1, 2017, in order to give WXGI—at that time a sports station—a metro Richmond FM signal. [5]

History

The station first signed on the air in 1945 as WSSV. [6] It was founded as a local station for the Petersburg area and operated as a Top 40 outlet for much of its early life. [7] In 1970, the station was purchased by Eure Communications, which also operated its FM sister station, WSSV-FM. [8]

In 1986, the station was sold to Paco-John Broadcasting and changed its call letters to WPLZ, beginning a long association with urban and gospel formats. [9] Three years later, in 1989, it became WGCV and shifted to a gospel format. [10] After a brief period as WROU in the mid-2000s, the station eventually returned to the WGCV identity under the ownership of Radio One (now Urban One). [11]

In 2016, the station adopted the WTPS call letters to match its "The People's Station" branding, eventually flipping to a classic hip-hop format known as "The Box". [12]

On December 11, 2025, the station's call sign was changed to WDCJ as a side effect of a format flip involving the former WDCJ in the Washington, D.C. market. [13]

Translator

On July 9, 2016, WDCJ began relaying its signal on an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. The translator is fed by WCDX-HD2. [14]

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W274BX102.7 FM Petersburg, Virginia 15401218086  m (282  ft)D LMS

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDCJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WDCJ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ https://kissrichmond.com/about/ About Us | 99.3-105.7 Kiss FM
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WTPS-AM
  5. ↑ "Urban One buys Richmond AM from Red Zebra". All Access. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ "WTPS (AM) Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ "History of Petersburg Radio". Virginia Radio History. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Call Sign History: WDCJ (Facility ID 60474)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ Venta, Lance (December 12, 2025). "Urban One Completes Richmond-Area Call Letter Swap". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  10. ↑ "WGCV Call Sign History". REC Networks. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Urban One Stations: Petersburg/Richmond". Urban One. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  12. ↑ "WTPS: The Box 102.7". The Box Richmond. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Recent FCC Callsign Activity". REC Networks. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  14. ↑ "W274BX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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