WYJK-FM
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| City of license | Bellaire, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Wheeling, West Virginia Steubenville, Ohio |
| Branding | "Jack FM" |
| Slogan | "Playing What We Want" |
| Frequency | 100.5 MHz |
| First air date | December 2, 1947 (as WOMP-FM) |
| Format | adult hits, Jack FM |
| Callsign meaning | JacK FM |
| Owner | Keymarket Communications, LLC |
| Website | wyjkfm.com |
WYJK (100.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Jack FM or Adult Hits format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, USA, it serves the Wheeling area. The station is currently owned by Keymarket Licenses, LLC and brands itself as "Jack FM".
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[edit] History: Beginnings as WOMP-FM
This station began at a time when many applicants for new AM radio stations were also issued FM licenses, as was the case with WOMP (AM), which went on the air at the same time as its FM sister. The FM simulcast its AM sister station for many years, primarily using the FM station as a vehicle for providing local radio service after the AM was mandated to shut down after sunset.
However, programming was separated between the two stations in the 1970's, with WOMP-FM (the station's branding was a phonetic sound of the call letters) taking on a more Top 40 role, becoming a neck-and-neck competitor with like-formatted then-competitor WRKY (known then as "Rocky 103" and now as WOGH, a "Froggy" branded country station) in Steubenville, competing aggressively between each other for listeners.
[edit] In the news: Station Silenced
WOMP-AM/FM had fallen into financial difficulty at around 1990, forcing the station into receivership in 1992. The station's studios and offices were consumed in a fire later that year, forcing the station to broadcast from a trailer near its transmitter site after a brief period off the air. The station was then acquired by its current owner as part of a duopoly transaction with WRKY and its AM sister station WSTV (AM). WOMP-FM simulcast WRKY outside of morning drive, but resumed full independent programming after studio issues were resolved.
[edit] WYJK Today
In the fall of 2005, both WOMP-AM/FM underwent format changes. WOMP (AM) and its simulcast sister, WSTV began an affiliation with the ESPN Radio network after years as a talk station. WOMP-FM's longtime legendary call letters were switched to WYJK, and the station adopted its present format.
The WYJK call letters are also being used for a co-owned sister AM station in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Though the call letters are similar, the same-named AM station never adopted its own variety hits format nor did it simulcast this station. Ironically, the call letters on that station were switched from WPNT (but was known for years as WCVI, going bankrupt in 2001 and subsequently sold) shortly before its owners closed the station with a dark license in the fall of 2006, citing technical repairs.
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