WXJC-FM

WXJC-FM

City of license	Cordova, Alabama
Broadcast area	Birmingham, Alabama
Branding	The Truth
Frequency	92.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1997 (as WZJT)
Format	Southern Gospel/Talk
ERP	2,200 watts
HAAT	167 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	74245
Transmitter coordinates	33°38′55″N 87°9′19″W / 33.64861°N 87.15528°W / 33.64861; -87.15528Coordinates: 33°38′55″N 87°9′19″W / 33.64861°N 87.15528°W / 33.64861; -87.15528
Former callsigns	WZJT (1997-2000) WQOP-FM (2000-04) WPHC (2006)^[1]
Owner	Crawford Broadcasting Company (Kimtron, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDJC-FM, WXJC, WYDE, WYDE-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	850wxjc.com

WXJC-FM (92.5 FM, "The Truth") is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel and Talk format.^[2] Licensed to Cordova, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Birmingham, area. To compensate for its weak signal over much of the eastern and southern parts of the Birmingham metropolitan area, the station is simulcast on 850 AM. The station is licensed to Kimtron, Inc. and owned by Crawford Broadcasting.^[3]

The station was assigned the WXJC-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 9, 2007.^[1]

The station, broadcasting at 92.5 FM, is owned by Crawford Broadcasting. Other stations in the Birmingham market that Crawford owns include WDJC-FM (93.7), WYDE-FM (101.1), WXJC-AM (850), and WYDE-AM (1260). The transmitter for WXJC-FM is located in southeastern Walker County near the border with Jefferson County, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Birmingham, and its studios are located in Homewood.

Station history

The station signed on in 1997 as a Top 40 station with the call letters WZJT and the on-air name “Party Radio Z-92.5.” The station was originally owned by the owner and operator of a nightclub in Birmingham. At the time, there was not another Top 40 music station in the Birmingham market, but the location of the station’s transmitter and its weak signal proved to be a hindrance as it sought to establish itself in the area. Within a few months of its debut, the station changed formats and became an active rock station with the new on-air name of “Planet Rock 92-5”. The new format was no more successful in attracting listeners than its previous incarnation.

In 2000, the station was sold and became an affiliate of EWTN’s Catholic radio network. The station’s call letters were changed to WQOP (Queen of Peace, referring to the Virgin Mary). In 2004, Crawford Broadcasting Company bought the station in order to establish an FM simulcast partner of what was then WDJC-AM (850). After the acquisition, the call letters of both the AM and FM station were changed to WXJC. The stations offered a combination of Southern gospel music and syndicated Christian teaching programming; as of 2007, the Christian teaching programming continues on WXJC-AM.

In May 2006, WXJC-FM changed its call letters to WPHC, changed its format and attempted to launch a country music format. With other country stations such as Birmingham’s WDXB and WZZK and Tuscaloosa’s WTXT and WFFN serving its primary broadcast area, WPHC failed to attract significant listenership. In October of the same year, WPHC adopted its current format. WPHC changed their call letters back to WXJC-FM.

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WXJC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

WXJC-FM official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WXJC

Radio-Locator information on WXJC

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WXJC

Radio stations serving the Birmingham, Alabama market

by FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.5 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.9 92.5 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.1 105.5 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.7

by AM frequency	610 690 760 850 900 960 1070 1220 1240 1260 1320 1360 1400 1430 1450 1480 1500 1540 1570

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.550

by call sign	KIH54 K-LOVE W235BS W252BE W256CD W261BX W271BN W276BQ W281AB W286BK W293CM W297BF WAGG WAPI WATV WAY-FM Network WAYE WBFR WBHJ WBHK WBHM WBPT WCRL WDJC-FM WDXB WENN WERC WERC-FM WEZZ-FM WFHK WGIB WHPH WIXI WJLD WJLX WJOX WJOX-FM WJQX WKDG WKRE WLJR WMJJ WNG606 WQCR WQEM WQEN WQOH WSJL WUHT WURL WVSU-FM WXJC WXJC-FM WYDE WYDE-FM WZGX WZRR WZZK-FM

Defunct	WCOC (1010 AM) WBYE (1370 AM) WJSR (91.1 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama

Radio stations serving the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 90.7 91.5 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.3 96.5 96.9 97.5 98.1 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9

By AM frequency	690 790 1110 1150 1230 1280 1340 1420

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

by call sign	W221DB W245BR W248BO W261BT W265CG W271AM W292DU W297BJ W300AE KIH60 WACT WALJ WBEI WBHK WBIB WBPT WDGM WDXB WFFN WGIB WJOX WJOX-FM WJQX WJRD WKUA WMFT WMHZ WMJJ WMXB WNPT-FM WQEN WRTR WTBC WTSK WTUG-FM WTUS-LP WTXT WUAL WUHT WVUA-FM WWPG WZBQ WZRR WZZK-FM

Defunct	WUAC-LP (103.3 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama Columbus-Starkville-West Point Radio

Religious radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WAKD – Sheffield WALN – Carrollton WAQG – Ozark WAQU – Selma WAXU – Troy WAYH – Harvest WBFR – Birmingham WBHY – Mobile WBSA – Boaz WBTG-FM – Sheffield WBXR – Hazel Green WDYF – Dothan WEBT – Langdale WELB – Elba WELL-FM – Dadeville WFBH-LP – Hamilton WGIB – Birmingham WGRW – Anniston WGTF – Dothan WIJD – Prichard WILF – Monroeville WIRB – Level Plains WJCK – Piedmont WJEC – Vernon WJIA – Guntersville WJIF – Opp WJIK – Fulton WJSD-LP – Henagar WKNG-FM – Heflin WKRE – Argo WKUA – Moundville WKWL – Florala WLBF – Montgomery WLJR – Birmingham WLPR – Prichard WLVM – Chickasaw WMBV – Dixons Mills WMCJ – Cullman WMFT – Tuscaloosa WMGY – Montgomery WMOB – Mobile WNGL – Mobile WPMR-LP – Russellville WQEM – Columbiana WQLS – Camden WQOH – Irondale WRNF – Selma WRNK-LP – Lanett WSJL – Bessemer WSTF – Andalusia WTBB – Gadsden WTBJ – Oxford WTOF – Bay Minette WURY-LP – Phenix City WVMB-LP – Madison WVOB – Dothan WVPL – Dozier WWFC-LP – Bryant WXJC-FM – Cordova WYFD – Decatur WZTQ – Centre

Defunct	WKOC-LP – Ider WUAC-LP – Tuscaloosa

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Crawford Broadcasting

AM Radio Stations	KBRT KCBC KLDC KLTT KLVZ KLZ KSTL KKPZ WDCD WDCX WEXL WRDT WXJC WYDE

FM Radio Stations	WDAC WDCD-FM WDCX-FM WDJC-FM WLGZ-FM WMUZ WPWX WSRB WXJC-FM WYCA WYDE-FM WYRB

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WXJC-FM

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