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WDJX is a CHR radio station located in Louisville, Kentucky. The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast on 99.7 FM with a ERP of 24 kW.
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WKLO-FM signed on in August of 1962 as the FM sister to WKLO AM 1080. Initially, the station simulcasted much of WKLO-AM's Top 40 format, breaking off after 6 p.m. to air classical music and showtunes, but eventually segued into a full-time simulcast by the end of the 60s. When the FCC banned full-time AM-FM simulcasts in the late 60s, WKLO-FM switched to an automated Top 40 format. In the early 70's WKLO-FM became WCSN with an automated Beautiful/Easy Listening format.
In 1979, WCSN ("Sunshine Melodies") abruptly dropped its automated B/EZ format for a Rock-leaning Top 40 format as WKJJ, with the first song in the new format as "Renegade" by Styx. Initially, the station was known as "JJ-100", but was quickly changed to "KJ-100" days after signing-on. Several months later, sister AM WKLO was changed to WKJJ-AM as both stations pioneered a then-unique concept of "lateral replays" where a song would air on the FM and the same song would air several minutes later on the AM. This concept was done in order to get around FCC rules that were still in place at the time.
In 1981, sister WKJJ-AM dropped the lateral replay concept as the format was changed to Country as WCII. One year later, WKJJ-FM changed to Adult Contemporary as "Magic 100". This move left the Louisville market without a Top 40/CHR station for the next few years (In the meantime, former Album rocker WLRS and Adult Contemporary-turned-Top 40 WJYL would attempt to fill the hole for CHR in the Louisville market).
In July of 1985, Magic 100 stunted by playing Christmas carols for about an hour. When the stunt ended, WDJX signed on as a CHR under the handle "99.7 DJX". The first song played was "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits.
WDJX is owned by Main Line Broadcasting.
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