WJOC "Bible Talk Chattanooga (1490
AM, "AM 1490") is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
talk
Talk may refer to:
Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
format. Licensed to
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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, United States, the station serves the Chattanooga and surrounding areas. The station is currently owned by Sarah Margarett Fryar. The station was WDXB from 1948–1989. In the 1960s through the early 1980s it was one of Chattanooga's most popular Top-40 stations and featured popular personalities Chickamauga Charlie or "Chicky Poo", who later went to
WGOW, and Johnny Walker, who later went to WKGN in Knoxville. In the 1980s it aired multiple formats. Everything from
country
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to
punk rock, even
blues was heard on the station during this time. In 1989 the owners sold to the station to
Chattanooga Lookouts
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play-by-play announcer Larry Ward. Under Larry's direction the station became WJOC, Chattanooga's first all-sports station. However, the format was short-lived, and in 1993 WJOC was sold to its current owner and adopted its current
talk radio
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/
religious
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format. In 1999, WJOC became the first radio station in the Chattanooga Market to stream it's audio world wide on the internet.
History of call letters
The call letters WJOC previously belonged to an AM station in Jamestown, New York. It began broadcasting January 26, 1948, on 1470 kHz with 1 KW power (daytime).
References
External links
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FCC History Cards for WJOC
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