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WSFZ
WSFZ (930 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. As of December 1, 2020, WSFZ is broadcasting an African-American oriented all-news format. History WSLI signed on in September 1938, becoming Jackson's second radio station. It was owned by, and named for, the Standard Life Insurance Company. It began broadcasting from studios located in the Robert E. Lee Hotel. The transmitter was located on High Street, near the Pearl River. WSLI was affiliated with NBC's Blue Network. L.M. Sepaugh was named the first manager. WSLI had the distinction of employing Mississippi's first female announcers, Nancy Chambers and Virginia Metz.The station was originally located at 1420 kHz, moving to 1450 kHz in 1941 upon NARBA reallocation and then to 930 kHz in 1946. WSLI expanded into television in 1954 when it started WSLI-TV channel 12. The station was merged with WJTV, then on channel 25, the next year, and the two stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Information Network
Black Information Network (BIN) is a radio network and content brand owned by iHeartMedia. Launched on June 30, 2020, it is an all-news radio network of stations targeting the African American community, carrying mostly important national news headline stories as well as current events and special interest features. Some stations also incorporate local news, traffic, weather and sports updates into the network feed. Tony Coles is the network's president and Tanita Myers is the news director. History On June 29, 2020, 15 iHeartMedia radio stations in markets with large African American populations (including AM, FM, and HD Radio subchannel stations) ceased their regular programming, and began stunting with clips of speeches by prominent African Americans, such as Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" address, interspersed with messages stating that "our side of the story is about to be told", and promoting a major change in their programming at 12:00 p.m. EDT the next day. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJDX (AM)
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 format. ''Mississippi Sports This Morning, which is now airing on WJQS'' is the station's flagship local program. It aired during WJDX's morning drive slot without interruption from 1998 to 2020. It is currently hosted by Doug Colson and Jay White. It is 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. The station was assigned the current WJDX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on October 9, 1998. According to the FCC, the call letters were WJDS from July 6, 1990 to October 8, 1998. Prior to July 6, 1990 the call letters were WJDX for several years. On October 3, 2011 WJDX changed their format to news/talk. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJDX-FM
WJDX-FM (105.1 MHz) is a mainstream urban radio station licensed to Kosciusko, Mississippi, but located in Jackson, Mississippi. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014). From October 1998 to March 2003 WQJQ was a Jammin' Oldies station. Its studios are located in northwest Jackson, and its transmitter site is east of Canton. On January 24, 2011, WQJQ relaunched as "Oldies 105.1" and in the process changed its call letters to WJDX-FM. The original WJDX-FM call letters were on a progressive rock station at 102.9 (now WMSI-FM) from the late 1960s through the early 1970s. The station changed its calls to WZZQ in 1973 and would evolve from progressive rock to a locally produced AOR music format. WJDX-FM's oldies format includes some of the songs that were popular on WJDX (AM) when that station played Top 40 music during the 1970s. In November 2013, WJDX-FM flipped to its usual Christmas music format for the holidays. However, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSTZ-FM
WSTZ-FM (106.7 FM, "Z106.7") is a classic rock music formatted radio station in Jackson, Mississippi, but is licensed to Vicksburg, Mississippi. WSTZ is owned by iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014). WSTZ serves Jackson and surrounding area with an ERP of 85,000 watts. Its studios are located in Northwest Jackson and the transmitter site is in Raymond. Programming WSTZ features John Boy and Billy John Isley (born August 15, 1956) and Billy James (born August 31, 1957), known as John Boy & Billy, are American radio hosts based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their comedic morning program ''The John Boy & Billy Big Show'' broadcasts from 6:00& ... every weekday morning, and "Brother Dave" weekday afternoons (He left station sometime in 2011). "The Best of John Boy & Billy" comes on every Saturday morning. On Sundays, they have "Sunday Brunch" in the morning, in the afternoon they have "Christian the Drunken Fool", and at night they have "Flash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |