WJOK

WJOK
City	Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Green Bay-Appleton-Oshkosh
Branding	"Relevant Radio"
Frequency	1050 kHz AM
First air date	September 25, 1965
Format	Christian radio
Power	1000 watts daytime 500 watts nighttime
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Jesus Our King (inherited from previous all-sports "Jock" format)
Former callsigns	WKAU-AM (1960s-1984) WQWM-AM (1984-1993) WSGC (1993-1999)
Affiliations	Relevant Radio
Owner	Starboard Broadcasting (Starboard Media Foundation, Inc.)
Website	www.relevantradio.com

WJOK (1050 AM) is a Roman Catholic Christian formatted radio station licensed to Kaukauna, Wisconsin, that serves the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. The station is owned by Green Bay-based Starboard Broadcasting and airs Starboard's Relevant Radio network.

The station originally signed on as WKAU-AM in a Top 40 format. In 1984, the station was sold to Quinn Martin of Milwaukee who changed the call letters to his initials, WQWM-AM, and made it an oldies music format. The station changed hands again in 1993 to a new ownership who changed the calls to WSGC and the format to "Positive Country" music. Another sale in 1999 resulted in the station becoming all-sports "1050 The Jock, WJOK," which carried programming from the national Sports Fan Radio Network as well as local broadcasts of Wisconsin Timber Rattlers baseball. WJOK was purchased by Starboard Broadcasting in 2000, and the station joined Starboard's Relevant Radio network on November 26 of that year.

Previous incarnations

WJOK was also the call sign of a small radio station in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in the early 1980s, broadcasting on the 1150 AM frequency. It was unique at the time for having been the first radio station to broadcast comedy routines from comedy albums recorded by Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy and older radio programs such as "The Great Gildersleeve" and "Baby Snooks". Lesser known, older artists were also aired such as Shelley Berman, Henny Youngman, Hudson and Landry and the Duck's Breath Mystery Theater. Music by "Weird Al" Yankovic was commonly played.

The disc jockeys of WJOK provided patter in between selections and played interactive radio games with the audience for prizes such as tickets to comedy shows at comedy clubs in Washington DC including the Comedy Cafe and Garvin's, a comedy club chain with three branches at its height.

DJs included Brad Krantz, "Uncle Walt", Evan Haining weekdays, and Eddie Katz.

Some recurrent listeners (notably redneck "Jee-im (Jim) from Poolesville") were integrated into some games.

WJOK went off the air due to insufficient growth in ratings. A very weak signal (1000 watts during the day, 500 watts at night), was partially to blame and no other format lasted longer before the station was permanently closed.

WJOK began broadcast before comedy cable TV stations such as HA! went on the air, followed by the successful establishment of Comedy Central.

External links

WJOK website

Radio stations serving Green Bay and Northeastern Wisconsin

(see also: Appleton-Oshkosh)

by FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1 90.5 91.3 91.5 92.7 93.1 93.5 94.3 94.7 95.9 96.9 97.5 98.5 99.7 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.1 103.5 104.3 104.9 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.5

by AM frequency	980 1050 1150 1280 1360 1400 1440 1530 1590

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

by callsign	KIG65 W209BM W226BD W270AJ WAPL WAUN WCUB WDKF WDUZ WDUZ-FM WEMY WGBW WGEE WHBY WHID WIXX WJOK WKRU WKSZ WKZG WLAK WNAM WNCY-FM WNFL WOGB WORQ WPCK WPFF WPNE WPVM WQLH WRMW WRVM WTAQ WTAQ-FM WYDR WZOR

Nearby radio markets Fox Cities Milwaukee–Racine Sheboygan–Manitowoc Wausau–Stevens Point Door County Iron Mountain See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Radio stations in the Appleton–Oshkosh, Wisconsin market (Fox Cities)

(sub-market of Green Bay)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.1 90.3 91.1 91.7 91.9 92.9 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.7 107.1 107.5 107.7

By AM frequency	620 690 980 1050 1150 1170 1280 1360 1400 1450 1490 1530 1570

By callsign	KFIZ W204BK W237AA W269CJ W271AC W299BW WAPL WBJZ WCUB WDKV WDUZ WDUZ-FM WEMI WFDL WFDL-FM WFON WGEE WHBY WHID WIXX WJOK WKSZ WKZG WKZY WLAK WNAM WNCY-FM WORQ WOSH WOVM WPKR WPNE WQLH WRST-FM WSCO WTAQ WTMJ WVBO WVCY WVFL WWWX WYDR

Nearby radio markets Green Bay Madison Milwaukee–Racine Sheboygan–Manitowoc Wausau–Stevens Point Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Relevant Radio stations

Owned and operated stations	KIXL WDVM WHFA WJOK WKBH WKBM WLOL WMMA WNSW WNTD WSJP WSJP-FM WSJW WWCA WWJZ WYNW

Coordinates: 44°14′51″N 88°18′00″W / 44.24750°N 88.30000°W / 44.24750; -88.30000

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