WRJX

Last updated
DWRJX
Frequency 1230 kHz
Programming
Format Defunct
Ownership
Owner
  • Thomas Butts
  • (Pine City Radio, LLC)
WBMH, WHOD
History
First air date
1950
Former call signs
WPBB (1950-1958)
WTHG (1958-1964)
WHOD (1964-2002) [1]
Call sign meaning
Radio Jackson
Technical information
Facility ID 8604
Class C
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
 31°32′38″N87°52′30″W / 31.54389°N 87.87500°W / 31.54389; -87.87500

WRJX (1230 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Alabama. The station was owned by Thomas Butts, through licensee Pine City Radio, LLC. It previously aired an adult standards music format. [2]

The station has been assigned the WRJX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) since March 4, 2002. [1]

Bennie Hewitt's Capital Assets sold this station, along with WHOD and WBMH, for $500,000 to Jason Kyzer's Kyzer Communications, in March 2017; the sale was consummated on June 8, 2017.

On November 14, 2017, WRJX went silent. [3]

WRJX and sister stations WBMH and WHOD were purchased out of bankruptcy for $200,000 by Thomas Butts' Pine City Radio effective June 22, 2018.

On June 6, 2019, WRJX's license was cancelled by the FCC and the WRJX call sign deleted, due to the station having been silent for more than a year. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. 1 2 Alabama Broadcast Media Page


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