WJYI

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WJYI (1340 AM) is a radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They run a religious format that is leased out to various broadcasters as Irvin Baxter Jr.. They also run some sports broadcasts. It is known on-air as "Joy 1340".

The call letters were originally WEMP, and went on the air in the 1930s. In 1955, when WEMP moved to 1250 AM, the call letters changed to WRIT, and they ran a Top 40 format. The call letters stood for We'Re IT. The format changed in 1972 to all-news and later went through several more changes before the call letters were dropped. From 1983 to 1984, they were known as WMKE, then simulcast with its sister station, WBCS (102.9) and picked up its call sign. When WLZR debuted on 102.9 in 1987, 1340's call sign also became WLZR, and simulcast their sister station for several years. In the early 1990s, they broke away from the simulcast and had an alternative rock format known as "The Warp".

Eventually, they sold much of their air time to religious and sports broadcasters, and the station became WJYI (Joy 1340) on May 30, 1997.

[edit] External links

• 1340 WJYI
• Milwaukee radio: a retrospective
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WJYI

AM radio stations in the Milwaukee market (Arbitron #36)
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