WJRS

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WJRS
WJKY logo.jpg
Broadcast areaJamestown/Russell Springs, Kentucky
Columbia, Kentucky
Somerset/Lake Cumberland area
Frequency 104.9 MHz
BrandingLaker Country
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Jones Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerLake Cumberland Broadcasters
WJKY
History
First air date
September 3, 1966;57 years ago (1966-09-03)
Call sign meaning
W Jamestown and Russell Springs
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 36305
Class A
ERP 2,000 watts
HAAT 110 metres (360 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°01′31″N85°03′23″W / 37.02528°N 85.05639°W / 37.02528; -85.05639
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website lakercountry.com

WJRS (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format that is licensed to Jamestown, Kentucky, and serving the Jamestown/Russell Springs area in Russell County, Kentucky. The station is currently owned by Lake Cumberland Broadcasters, LLC, which also owns WJKY. The two stations share broadcast facilities and transmitting tower at 2804 South US 127 on the south side of Russell Springs.

Contents

WJRS features programming from Local Radio Networks. [2]

History

The station signed on the air on September 3, 1966, [3] and it has been broadcasting a country music format ever since. [4] Under ownership by Russell County Broadcasters, the station, broadcasting at 103.1 megahertz. was an FM-only station for its first three years on the air. In 1970, the station, along with present-day sister station WJKY, was sold to station manager Welby Hoover, who would own the station and reallocate WJRS to its current frequency. He managed the station until his 1986 death; his wife Mae would manage the station afterwards. [3]

WJKY simulcasted the FM station's signal until sometime in the 2000s, when the AM station became an ESPN Radio affiliate. In 2019, WJKY changed over to the JACK Radio format.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WJRS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WJRS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. 1 2 Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State. Host Communications Incorporated. pp. 146, 147. ISBN   9781879688933.
  4. ↑ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1974. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1974. p. B-85.
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