WFQY

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WFQY
City of license	Brandon, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Jackson, Mississippi
Branding	BDay 99.1
Frequency	970 kHz
Translator(s)	99.1 W256BL (Ridgeland)
First air date	1960s (as WRKN) May 18, 2008 (as WJFN)
Format	Classic Hip Hop
Power	350 watts (day) 90 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	54820
Transmitter coordinates	32°16′30.00″N 90°00′50.00″W / 32.2750000°N 90.0138889°W / 32.2750000; -90.0138889
Former callsigns	WRKN (1960s-2005) WZQK (2005-2008) WJFN (2008-2012)
Owner	Rainey Radio (Jackson Radio LLC)
Sister stations	WJMF-LP
Webcast	Listen Live URL - copy/paste only
Website	Facebook page: Bdayradio Twitter page: BDAY991fm

WFQY (970 AM, "BDay 99.1"), is a classic hip hop radio station in Brandon, Mississippi, serving the Jackson, Mississippi area.

The station began as WRKN in the late 1960s as a country station. Longtime owners were Roy and June Harris. For a short time the station had a 1950s based oldies format and also had a country gospel format for while. In later years it simulcast its sister station WRJH 97.7 FM with a Southern Gospel format. After WRJH was sold, WRKN AM continued to operate with a Southern Gospel format. After the retirement of the owner the station emerged as an affiliate of the "Real Country" network with classic country with call letters WZQK.

On May 19, 2008, WZQK (Real Country 970) switched from classic country to all-sports. And the station's call letters became WJFN.

On December 26, 2010, WJFN returned to classic country.

WJFN also operates a 99 watt low power translator at 99.1 FM, W256BL in Jackson that is licensed to Ridgeland, Mississippi.

On April 5, 2012, WJFN changed their call letters to WFQY and on April 20, 2012, WFQY changed their format to classic hip hop, branded as "BDay 99.1".

External links

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Radio-Locator Information on WFQY

v t e Radio stations in the Jackson, Mississippi market

By FM frequency	87.7 88.5 90.1 91.3 92.5 93.5 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.3 97.7 98.1 98.7 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.9 103.9 104.5 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.5

By AM frequency	620 780 810 930 970 1120 1150 1180 1240 1300 1370 1400

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	KIH38 WFMN WFQY WHJT WHLH WIIN WJAI WJDX WJDX-FM WJKK WJLV WJMF-LP WJMI WJNT WJQS WJSU WJXN-FM WKXI-FM WLEZ-LP WMGO WMPN-FM WMPR WMSI WOAD WONG WPBP-LP WPBQ WQST-FM WRBJ WRKS WRTM-FM WSFZ WSJC WSTZ WTWZ WUSJ WYAB WYOY

Defunct	WQST (850 AM) WZRX (AM)

Mississippi radio markets Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula New Orleans, LA Jackson Laurel-Hattiesburg Oxford Memphis, TN Tupelo Other Mississippi radio regions Columbus-Starkville-West Point Meridian See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

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