WCSJ-FM is a radio station based in

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. As of 2010, the station is owned and operated by Nelson Multimedia Inc. WCSJ's studios are located on Washington Street in downtown Morris with the FM transmitter located between Morris and Coal City. WCSJ's current sister station is WJDK-FM (95.7) with studios in the same building and a transmitter located between Kinsman and

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. WCSJ and WJDK are the only locally broadcasting stations in Grundy County. WCSJ-FM's programming includes local news, high school sports, a weekly fishing and outdoor program, and

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History

WJDK

The station began broadcasting in 1993, holding the call sigh WJDK and airing an

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format.Format Changes
, ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 10, No. 32. August 11, 1993. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2019. In 1997, the station was sold to Big City Radio.Hart, Marla.

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''. March 22, 1998. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

WYXX

In February 1998, the station's call sign was changed to WYXX and it adopted a

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format branded "Chicago's Heart and Soul", simulcasting 103.1 WXXY in

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, with the station's call sign and adult contemporary format moving to 95.7.Format Changes & Updates
, ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 15, No. 5. February 4, 1998. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2019. In August 1999, WYXX and WXXY adopted an 80s hits format as "The Eighties Channel," with the station patterned on high-energy CHR stations of the 1980s.Big City /Chicago Drops 'Soul' For '80s
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''. August 13, 1999. pp. 3 & 20. Retrieved January 13, 2019.Format Changes & Updates
, ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 16, No. 32. August 11, 1999. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2019. The station featured longtime Chicago area radio personalities including Robert Murphy, Fred Winston, and Mark Zander. In 2001, WYXX and WXXY adopted a

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hits format, branded "Viva 103.1".Format Changes & Updates
, ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 18, No. 02. January 10, 2001. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2019. By January 2003, the station had ended its simulcast with WXXY, and adopted a

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format as "Party 103.1".Formats You'll Flip Over
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''. January 17, 2003. p. 21. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

WCSJ-FM

In late 2003, the station was sold to Larry Nelson for $426,000. In January 2004, the station's call sign was changed to WCSJ-FM, and it adopted an adult standards format, carrying Timeless network programming from

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. After the network's shutdown in February 2010, the station adopted a classic hits format.Devine, Cathy (2010).
The Radio Book 2010-2011
'. Nineteenth Edition. p. 212. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

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* {{Classic Hits Radio Stations in Illinois CSJ-FM Grundy County, Illinois Radio stations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Illinois Classic hits radio stations in the United States Full service radio stations in the United States