WJEC (106.5 FM) is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1994, is currently owned by Lamar County Broadcasting Co., Inc. WJEC broadcasts

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and WVSA broadcast

Southern Gospel Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States. Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as ...

music format.

History

This station received its original

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for a 3,000-

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station at 106.5

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from the

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on August 16, 1989. The new station was assigned the call letters WJEC by the FCC on September 20, 1989. After a modification to increase the station's

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to 6,000 watts and one time extension, WJEC received its license to cover from the FCC on August 10, 1994. In April 1996, an agreement was reached to transfer the broadcast license for WJEC to Lamar County Broadcasting Co., Inc., an Alabama corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 2, 1996, and the transaction was consummated on July 16, 1996.

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*{{FM station data, WJEC Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1994 Lamar County, Alabama 1994 establishments in Alabama JEC