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I may have asked before but if you have any information about these stations (info needed: what the station was called, the format and DJ's if possible)under the following frequencies and call signs.

92.7:
WPDQ
WZAZ-FM

93.3:
WLKC (could have been on 93.5. I did find something showin WAIA being on 93.5 before being moved to 93.3).

94.1
WMKM

95.1
WJAX-FM

96.1
WLCS

96.9
WRLV

97.9
WUVU
WSTF

100.7
WBYB

101.5
WPIQ
WHJX

102.9
WIVY

105.3
WFBJ (proably was the station that Mondosphere signed on before going to Groovin Oldies)

105.7
WUFC
WXQL

107.3
WJEE

Thanks for the help. It will be used in building the website.

Mburg
 
Hey MISTER, who ever you are!

Please get off our friend Mburg's computer. This post almost makes since.

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> I may have asked before but if you have any information
> about these stations (info needed: what the station was
> called, the format and DJ's if possible)under the following
> frequencies and call signs.
>
> 92.7:
> WPDQ
> WZAZ-FM
>
> 93.3:
> WLKC (could have been on 93.5. I did find something showin
> WAIA being on 93.5 before being moved to 93.3).
>
> 94.1
> WMKM
>
> 95.1
> WJAX-FM
>
> 96.1
> WLCS
>
> 96.9
> WRLV
>
> 97.9
> WUVU
> WSTF
>
> 100.7
> WBYB
>
> 101.5
> WPIQ
> WHJX
>
> 102.9
> WIVY
>
> 105.3
> WFBJ (proably was the station that Mondosphere signed on
> before going to Groovin Oldies)
>
> 105.7
> WUFC
> WXQL
>
> 107.3
> WJEE
>
> Thanks for the help. It will be used in building the
> website.
>
> Mburg
>
 
I'll fill in what I know:

> 92.7:
> WZAZ-FM
Urban AC, early 1990s. One of the DJs was Don Smith "The Incredible Pressure Cooker" who was every bit as wild and crazy as the name sounds.

> 95.1
> WJAX-FM
Urban format called 95X just before WAPE debuted there in 1986.

> 97.9
> WUVU
> WSTF
WUVU was never on 97.9, it was on 97.7 as a local St. Augustine signal. Easy listening in the '80s (I heard that it was called "View 97.7" at this time, but I can't be sure.) They switched to Adult Alternative by 1990, and back to Easy Listening by 1992. Later that year it migrated to 97.9 serving Jacksonville as WSTF "Star 97.9" with an awesome all '70s format until February 1995 when it switched to jazz as WFSJ.

> 100.7
> WBYB
A brief Urban AC format that came in between (I believe) WOKV-FM (News/Talk) and WWRD (Christian)

> 101.5
> WHJX
Urban "Hot 101.5" until 1994 when it became "101.5 Channel X" mixing rap and hard rock.

> 102.9
> WIVY
Y103, CHR in the early '80s, Hot AC after that. Became "Coast 102.9" in the early '90s, and "Soft Rock 102.9" around 1996 (all of which still had the WIVY calls)

> 105.7
> WXQL
Urban format I believe.

That's all the ones I know.
 
If I recall correctly, WLKC was on 93.5 and was licensed to St. Mary's GA. I think it was a 3kw station at the time, don't remember the format. Sometime back, maybe in the early 90's the COL was changed, and frequency moved to 93.3, new tower location and power increase to enter the Jax market.

107.3 started back in the 70's as an easy listening station, WJEE. At that time there were actually 2 easy listening stations in the market, the other was WKTZ, then on 96.1.

> I may have asked before but if you have any information
> about these stations (info needed: what the station was
> called, the format and DJ's if possible)under the following
> frequencies and call signs.
>
> 92.7:
> WPDQ
> WZAZ-FM
>
> 93.3:
> WLKC (could have been on 93.5. I did find something showin
> WAIA being on 93.5 before being moved to 93.3).
>
> 94.1
> WMKM
>
> 95.1
> WJAX-FM
>
> 96.1
> WLCS
>
> 96.9
> WRLV
>
> 97.9
> WUVU
> WSTF
>
> 100.7
> WBYB
>
> 101.5
> WPIQ
> WHJX
>
> 102.9
> WIVY
>
> 105.3
> WFBJ (proably was the station that Mondosphere signed on
> before going to Groovin Oldies)
>
> 105.7
> WUFC
> WXQL
>
> 107.3
> WJEE
>
> Thanks for the help. It will be used in building the
> website.
>
> Mburg
>
 
93.3 Wlkc was indeed a St. marys station with Country
95.1 WJax was a city owned station way back when that had WJAX 930 as a sister station with programing from NBC radio and had easy listening format with several talk host if I'm not mistaken.
By the way 96.9 at some point was an automated oldies station featuring solid gold roc'n'roll.
102.9 Started out playing only at night easy listening they signed on when the am station signed off
96.1 was jones college WKTZ years agao i don't recall the year but i used to listen to gator football on that station.
and wasn't 100.7 assigned to brunswick as WYNR with country at one point?
one more 107.3 wasn't that a religious station?
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mustangrio on 07/06/05 06:20 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Selected Jax FM radio history

> 93.3:
WLKC (named for owner Lois Casey), was originally licensed to St. Marys, Georgia, and was 3kw on 93.5. The format was country. In 1980, she sold the station to her son-in-law, Marshall Rowland (WQIK, Jacksonville/WQYK, Tampa-St. Petersburg), who changed frequencies to 93.3, upgraded to a C2 (50kw), changed the calls to WAIA, and changed the city of license to Fernandina Beach. Later, the COL was changed to Callahan.


> 95.1
WJAX-FM, on the air in April of 1949, and owned by the City of Jacksonville. The original permit called for the station to operate with 130kw, but it went on (and operated for years) with 7.7kw. When I was in school there ('71-'72), FM-95 was formatted beautiful music. At midnight, MOR formatted WJAX(AM), simulcasted the beautiful music of FM-95 'till 6:00 AM.


> 96.1
Jacksonville's first FM station, going on the air in January, 1949, with 20kw. Was WMBR-FM (co-owned with WMBR(AM), 1460 and WMBR-TV, channel 4). All three stations were bought by Post-Newsweek 1n 1953, who sold the AM and FM stations to WWDC, Inc. (WWDC, Washington) in 1958. WWDC, Inc. donated the "worthless" FM to Jones College in 1963. Jones College's operation of the station as WKTZ is legendary.


> 96.9
Also began life in 1949, as the sister of WPDQ(AM), 600. In 1960, Jacksonville Broadcasting Company sold the AM to WPDQ, Inc., and the FM to Radio Jacksonville, Inc., who had bought WJHP(AM), 1320 from John Perry in 1958. The WJHP calls were changed to WZOK, and the WPDQ-FM calls were first changed to WZFM, then to WZOK-FM about a year later. In 1968, WZOK-AM/FM was sold to Victory Broadcasting (the AM became WVOJ), who in turn spun the FM off to Henderson Belk in 1969. Belk had bought WPDQ(AM) from Radio Jacksonville in 1965, so the 1969 purchase of WZOK-FM, saw the 96.9 frequency going full circle, and once again becoming WPDQ-FM. In my days in Jacksonville, WPDQ(AM) broadcast from downtown (at 660 N. Laura), while the automated (Pop/MOR) WPDQ-FM broadcast from the co-loacted transmitter site.


> 97.9
On the air in 1965, and was originally WFOY-FM, with 3kw on 97.7, and was co-owned with WFOY(AM), St. Augustine.


> 100.7
Also on the air in 1965, and was originally WGIG-FM, with 26.5kw, and was co-owned with WGIG(AM), 1440, Brunswick, Georgia. This station is still licensed to Brunswick.


> 101.5
Another Brunswick station, was originally WYNR-FM, on the air in 1966 with 33kw. Was co-owned with WYNR(AM), 790. Also still licensed to Brunswick.


> 102.9
Put on the air in 1965 by Ed "Bell" Oberle, who became the manager of WKTZ-AM/FM after selling WIVY-AM/FM. Oberle, a former network staff announcer in New York City, bought WIVY(AM), 1050 in 1950, and sold it and the FM in 1971 to Tom Kirby.<P ID="signature">______________
Jay Braswell - Moderator
Atlanta/North Florida/South Carolina/Georgia Boards</P>
 
Re: Selected Jax FM radio history

> > 93.3:
> WLKC (named for owner Lois Casey), was originally licensed
> to St. Marys, Georgia, and was 3kw on 93.5. The format was
> country. In 1980, she sold the station to her son-in-law,
> Marshall Rowland (WQIK, Jacksonville/WQYK, Tampa-St.
> Petersburg), who changed frequencies to 93.3, upgraded to a
> C2 (50kw), changed the calls to WAIA, and changed the city
> of license to Fernandina Beach. Later, the COL was changed
> to Callahan.
>
>
> > 95.1
> WJAX-FM, on the air in April of 1949, and owned by the City
> of Jacksonville. The original permit called for the station
> to operate with 130kw, but it went on (and operated for
> years) with 7.7kw. When I was in school there ('71-'72),
> FM-95 was formatted beautiful music. At midnight, MOR
> formatted WJAX(AM), simulcasted the beautiful music of FM-95
> 'till 6:00 AM.
>
>
> > 96.1
> Jacksonville's first FM station, going on the air in
> January, 1949, with 20kw. Was WMBR-FM (co-owned with
> WMBR(AM), 1460 and WMBR-TV, channel 4). All three stations
> were bought by Post-Newsweek 1n 1953, who sold the AM and FM
> stations to WWDC, Inc. (WWDC, Washington) in 1958. WWDC,
> Inc. donated the "worthless" FM to Jones College in 1963.
> Jones College's operation of the station as WKTZ is
> legendary.
>
>
> > 96.9
> Also began life in 1949, as the sister of WPDQ(AM), 600. In
> 1960, Jacksonville Broadcasting Company sold the AM to WPDQ,
> Inc., and the FM to Radio Jacksonville, Inc., who had bought
> WJHP(AM), 1320 from John Perry in 1958. The WJHP calls were
> changed to WZOK, and the WPDQ-FM calls were first changed to
> WZFM, then to WZOK-FM about a year later. In 1968,
> WZOK-AM/FM was sold to Victory Broadcasting (the AM became
> WVOJ), who in turn spun the FM off to Henderson Belk in
> 1969. Belk had bought WPDQ(AM) from Radio Jacksonville in
> 1965, so the 1969 purchase of WZOK-FM, saw the 96.9
> frequency going full circle, and once again becoming
> WPDQ-FM. In my days in Jacksonville, WPDQ(AM) broadcast from
> downtown (at 660 N. Laura), while the automated (Pop/MOR)
> WPDQ-FM broadcast from the co-loacted transmitter site.
>
>
> > 97.9
> On the air in 1965, and was originally WFOY-FM, with 3kw on
> 97.7, and was co-owned with WFOY(AM), St. Augustine.
>
>
> > 100.7
> Also on the air in 1965, and was originally WGIG-FM, with
> 26.5kw, and was co-owned with WGIG(AM), 1440, Brunswick,
> Georgia. This station is still licensed to Brunswick.
>
>
> > 101.5
> Another Brunswick station, was originally WYNR-FM, on the
> air in 1966 with 33kw. Was co-owned with WYNR(AM), 790. Also
> still licensed to Brunswick.
>
>
> > 102.9
> Put on the air in 1965 by Ed "Bell" Oberle, who became the
> manager of WKTZ-AM/FM after selling WIVY-AM/FM. Oberle, a
> former network staff announcer in New York City, bought
> WIVY(AM), 1050 in 1950, and sold it and the FM in 1971 to
> Tom Kirby.
>
good memory you provided him with something better than my memory i,m just wondering didn't wjax fm have a talk show with wjax-am.
 
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