WJCP is a

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North Vernon, Indiana North Vernon is a city in Jennings County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,608 as of the 2020 census. History North Vernon was originally called Tripton, sometimes referred to as “The Gem of the Midwest” and under the latter na ...

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. WJCP is owned and operated by Keith Reising, through licensee Jennings County Promotion Partners, LLC.

History

WJCP was launched on January 8, 1955 as WOCH by Dorrell Ochs. Located in the Ochs' family auto supply business in North Vernon, the station was started with the intent of keeping the local community informed and entertained, while broadcasting Christian programming. Eventually, the station was bought ARS Broadcasting Corporation and carried a middle of the road (MOR) format. At the time, the station carried the WNVI callsign. WNVI changed its callsign to WKRP on August 17, 1989 and back to WNVI on August 8, 1997. Findlay Publishing Company purchased WNVI and its then FM sister-stations WRBI and WWWY for $1.9 million in 1997. For a time, after the sale, WNVI carried a

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format, simulcasting then sister-station WCSI. Findlay Publishing Company sold WNVI, in a swap for WWWY, to Pieratt Communications, Inc. on November 20, 2001. With the sale, the simulcast was WCSI ended and WNVI switched to Adult Standards. In 2003, the station flipped to

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-affiliated sports branded as "ESPN 1460". On May 15, 2006, WNVI became WJCP with its callsign standing for Jennings County Panthers, the latter derived from the county high school's mascot. WJCP was sold to Tom and Diana Taylor on October 17, 2014. WJCP added

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W249DG, broadcasting on 97.7 FM, on May 9, 2016. The translator simulcasts WJCP's AM signal on the FM band. Effective October 10, 2019, Tom and Diana Taylor sold WJCP and translator W249DG to Keith Reising's Jennings County Promotion Partners, LLC for $115,000.

Translator

In addition to the main station, WJCP is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. Translator W249DG was originally owned by Greenfield, Indiana-based Indiana Community Radio Corporation. It was subsequently sold as part of a package of stations and translators to New Beginnings Movement, Inc., and then acquired by WJCP owners Tom and Diana Taylor effective June 29, 2018.

References

External links

Classic Hits 97.7 and 1460 WJCP Online
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