WJKX

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WJKX
City of license Ellisville, Mississippi
Broadcast area Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Branding 102JKX
Slogan "Today's R&B and Ol' School Hits"
Frequency 102.5 MHz
First air date 1973
Format Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP 11,500 watts
HAAT 256 meters
Class C2
Facility ID 61116
Transmitter coordinates 31°46′05″N 89°10′12″W / 31.76806°N 89.17000°W / 31.76806; -89.17000
Former callsigns WBSJ (1973-1990)[1]
Owner Clear Channel Communications
(CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations WHJA, WNSL, WFFX, WZLD
Webcast Listen Live
Website 102jkx.com

WJKX (102.5 FM, "102JKX") is a radio station licensed to the community Ellisville, Mississippi, and serving the Laurel-Hattiesburg area. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications and the license is held by CC Licenses, LLC. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary music format.[2]

History

It began in 1973 as WBSJ, a country music station, located just north of Ellisville. Upon its acquisition by Clear Channel, call letters and format were changed, and the studios moved to Laurel, Mississippi.

The station was assigned the WJKX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 1, 1990.[1] The WBSJ callsign is now owned by Ball State University in Indiana.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. 
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. 

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