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WJOC

Coordinates: 35°3′7.00″N 85°16′24.00″W / 35.0519444°N 85.2733333°W / 35.0519444; -85.2733333
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WJOC
Broadcast areaChattanooga
Frequency1490 kHz
BrandingAM 1490
Programming
FormatNews/Talk & Religious
Ownership
OwnerSarah Margarett Fryar
History
Former call signs
WDXB (1948–1991)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID31861
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
35°3′7.00″N 85°16′24.00″W / 35.0519444°N 85.2733333°W / 35.0519444; -85.2733333
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewjoc.com

WJOC "Bible Talk Chattanooga (1490 AM, "AM 1490") is a radio station broadcasting a talk format.[2] Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, the station serves the Chattanooga and surrounding areas. The station is currently owned by Sarah Margarett Fryar.[3] The station was WDXB from 1948–1989. In the 1960s through the early 1980s it was one of Chattanooga's most popular Top-40 stations and featured popular personalities Chickamauga Charlie or "Chicky Poo", who later went to WGOW, and Johnny Walker, who later went to WKGN in Knoxville. In the 1980s it aired multiple formats. Everything from country to punk rock, even blues was heard on the station during this time. In 1989 the owners sold to the station to Chattanooga Lookouts play-by-play announcer Larry Ward. Under Larry's direction the station became WJOC, Chattanooga's first all-sports station. However, the format was short-lived, and in 1993 WJOC was sold to its current owner and adopted its current talk radio/religious format. In 1999, WJOC became the first radio station in the Chattanooga Market to stream it's audio world wide on the internet.

History of call letters

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The call letters WJOC previously belonged to an AM station in Jamestown, New York. It began broadcasting January 26, 1948, on 1470 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJOC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  3. ^ "WJOC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  4. ^ "WJOC in Operation at Jamestown, N.Y." (PDF). Broadcasting. February 16, 1948. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
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