WJXN-FM

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WJXN-FM
Broadcast area Jackson, Mississippi
Frequency 100.9 MHz
BrandingAir 1
Programming
Format Worship music
Ownership
OwnerFlinn Broadcasting Corporation
Operator Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date
October 1990;32 years ago (1990-10) (then at 92.9; moved to 100.9 in December, 1999)
Former call signs
WJXN-FM (1990-1991)
WOAD-FM (1991-1992)
Former frequencies
92.9 MHz (1990-1999)
Call sign meaning
W JacXoN (for Jackson, Mississippi)
Technical information
Facility ID 72818
Class C2
ERP 39,000 watts
HAAT 168 meters (551 ft)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website air1.com

WJXN-FM (100.9 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Utica, Mississippi, and serving the Jackson area. It airs a worship music format as part of the Air1 network, operated by the Educational Media Foundation. The station is owned by Memphis-based Flinn Broadcasting. Its studios are in Ridgeland.

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WJXN-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 39,000 watts. The transmitter site is in Crystal Springs, Mississippi.

History

In October 1990;32 years ago, WJXN (then at 92.9 MHz) first signed on the air. It had a Top 40 format and was branded 92.9 The Heat." But The Heat was turned off after just a few months.

In 1991, WJXN switched to oldies. It was branded J92. But that only lasted a year.

In 1992, WJXN made another switch--to country music. It was branded Star 92. Later that year, WJXN started simulcasting WOAD. WOAD's then-owner, Holt Communications, had leased WJXN, and changed the call sign to WOAD-FM.

In December, 1997, WJXN was sold to Flinn Broadcasting. In December, 1999, WJXN swapped frequencies with WDXO, and moved to its current frequency at 100.9 MHz.

For several years, WJXN-FM was leased to the non-profit Educational Media Foundation and was affiliated with the "K-Love" Christian Contemporary music network until 2012.

On July 26, 2012, the lease was transferred to Meridian, Mississippi-based New South Radio (then doing business as "The Radio People"). WJXN-FM first switched to adult hits, branded as 100.9 Jack FM.

On March 1, 2014 at midnight, WJXN-FM began stunting. Then on March 3, the station relaunched as classic country-formatted "100.9 The Legend."

In March 2017, New South Radio acquired WHJT from Mississippi College. On July 31 of that year, the classic country format moved to WHJT, with New South Radio terminating its lease on WJXN-FM. Then end of the lease caused WJXN-FM to go silent. [1]

On October 9, 2017, after two months of silence, WJXN-FM returned to the air with classic hip-hop, billing itself as "Hot 100.9". During these three months, the station utilized national programming from Westwood One's Classic Hip-Hop network.

On January 5, 2018, WJXN-FM ended its "Hot 100.9" classic hip hop phase. WJXN-FM was rebranded as "g 100.9", this time under an local marketing agreement (LMA) deal with Alpha Media. That company replaced the Westwood One programming with Alpha's in-house presentation, thus putting it in line with Alpha's g-branded stations. [2]

On February 19, 2021, WJXN-FM flipped back to adult hits, again as "Jack FM." [3] A portion of its signal overlaps with WDXO, another adult hits station in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, known as "92.9 Jack-FM."

On January 1, 2023, WJXN-FM dropped the "Jack FM" adult hits format due to Alpha Media's operation of the station coming to an end. WJXN-FM switched to the Educational Media Foundation's Air1 worship music format. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Legend on the Move in Jackson", Radioinsight, July 24-5, 2017
  2. ↑ "WJXN Goes From Hot To G Under Alpha LMA" Radioinsight - January 12, 2018
  3. ↑ Jack FM radiodiscussions.com [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Jack Departs Jackson Radioinsight - January 1, 2023

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