WJDX (AM)

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WJDX
Broadcast area Jackson, Mississippi
Frequency 620 kHz
BrandingAM 620 FM 104.7 WJDX
Programming
Format News/talk/sports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WJDX-FM, WSFZ, WSTZ-FM, WMSI-FM, WHLH
History
First air date
 1929
Former call signs
WJDS (1990–1998) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 59817
Class B
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 32°22′56.52″N90°11′26.32″W / 32.3823667°N 90.1906444°W / 32.3823667; -90.1906444
Translator(s) 104.7 W284DT (Jackson)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website wjdx.iheart.com

WJDX (620 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs a news/talk/sports radio format. [3]

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WJDX's logo under its previous sports format WJDX-AM.png
WJDX's logo under its previous sports format

Mississippi Sports This Morning, which is now airing on WJQS, was the station's flagship local program. It aired during WJDX's morning drive slot without interruption from 1998 to 2020. It was hosted by Doug Colson and Jay White. It was the longest-running daily sports talk program in Mississippi radio history.

WJDX also serves as the Jackson home for the New Orleans Saints and NASCAR. [4]

The station was assigned the current callsign WJDX by the Federal Communications Commission on October 9, 1998. [1] According to the FCC, the callsign was WJDS from July 6, 1990 to October 8, 1998. Prior to July 6, 1990, the callsign was WJDX since its inception.

On October 3, 2011, WJDX’s format was changed to news/talk.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, WJDX was a successful Top 40 music station. Prior to that, the station had been a conservative MOR music outlet.

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W284DT104.7 FM Jackson, Mississippi 91541250141.2  m (463  ft)D 32°24′27.5″N90°9′3.4″W / 32.407639°N 90.150944°W / 32.407639; -90.150944 (W284DT) LMS

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WJDX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "Saints Radio Network Stations". New Orleans Saints. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
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