WJBE (AM)
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| City of license | Powell, Tennessee |
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| Broadcast area | Knoxville Metropolitan Area |
| Slogan | "Today's R&B and Classic Soul" & "Just the Best Everyday" |
| Frequency | 1040 kHz |
| First air date | January 1, 1978 |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| Power |
10,000 watts day 3,000 watts critical hours |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 59643 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°02′34″N 84°02′51″W / 36.04278°N 84.04750°WCoordinates: 36°02′34″N 84°02′51″W / 36.04278°N 84.04750°W |
| Callsign meaning | Just the Best Everyday (station slogan) |
| Former callsigns |
WKXT (1984) WBZW (1984-1988) WQBB (1988-2008) WKTI (2008-2012) WWAM (2012-2013) |
| Owner |
Joseph Armstrong (Arm & Rage, LLC) |
| Website | wjbe.am |
WJBE (1040 AM) is an American commercial daytime-only radio station located in Powell, Tennessee, serving the Knoxville Metropolitan Area with an urban adult contemporary format. WJBE is owned by Joseph Armstrong, through broadcast licensee Arm & Rage, LLC. This station is unrelated to the Knoxville-based WJBE owned by entertainer James Brown from 1968 through 1979.
History
This station played adult standards for much of its history and was owned by Journal Communications through most of the period after the Telecommunications Act of 1996, though it was a sports talk station ("1040 The Ticket") before switching to the Dial Global America's Best Music network in its last change before switching to its current format. The station was also formerly simulcast on 104.5 FM.
Because it shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa, WJBE operates as a daytime-only station.
On November 13, 2008, the station's call sign changed from WQBB to WKTI, branded as Classic Country 1040 WKTI; the new calls came from Journal Communications' former adult contemporary station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 94.5 FM (now known as WLWK-FM).
On December 3, 2012, the station was sold by Journal to WMCH Radio, Inc., in order to meet regulatory requirements after purchasing WACY-TV in Appleton, Wisconsin.[1] Subsequently the call sign was changed to WWAM, with the WKTI calls moving back to Wisconsin on a Sturgeon Bay-based translator on Channel 22 of WWAM's former sister television station WGBA-TV (Channel 26) in Green Bay. WWAM changed to urban adult contemporary with the sale.
Effective May 7, 2013, WWAM was sold to Joseph Armstrong's Arm & Rage, LLC at a purchase price of $75,532.50. The station changed its call sign to the current WJBE on June 28, 2013.
References
- ↑ "Journal Broadcast Group Sells WKTI-AM in Knoxville, Tennessee to WMCH Radio, Inc." (Press release). Business Wire. December 3, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WJBE
- Radio-Locator Information on WJBE
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WJBE
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