WSOS-FM (94.1

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) is commercial

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that broadcasts to the

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area. The station is licensed in Fruit Cove to Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation. It is branded as Jax Country and broadcasts a

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format exclusive on WSOS-FM. WSOS-FM covers the southern parts of the

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. Studios are in the Southside district of Jacksonville, and the

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tower is in Fruit Cove.

History

WSOS-FM went on the air on 105.5 MHz as WMKM, licensed to

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. Its original construction permit was filed on August 10, 1981. WMKM changed callsigns on March 19, 1985 to WSOS, and on September 3, 2002, the station became WSOS-FM with the acquisition of WKLN (which took the WSOS callsign). By the time WSOS-FM was sold to Renda Broadcasting in 2005, it was running an

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format as "The Muuusic Station". Under Renda's ownership, the community of license was changed from St. Augustine to Fruit Cove, to better serve the Jacksonville market. The signal still originated in St. Augustine until March 9, 2011, when it switched formats from soft adult contemporary to classic rock. On April 5, 2016, WSOS-FM changed their format from a simulcast of contemporary Christian-formatted

WMUV WMUV (100.7 FM) is a commercial Christian radio station that broadcasts to the Jacksonville, Florida area. The station is licensed in Brunswick, Georgia to Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation and is owned by Nancy Epperson.

to a simulcast of talk-formatted WBOB. On May 23, 2018, WSOS-FM switched from the WBOB simulcast to a simulcast of classic country-formatted WYKB, branded as "Jax Country".Jax Country Moves to 94.1 in Jacksonville
Radioinsight - May 23, 2018 In January 2020, Jax Country became exclusive to WSOS-FM.

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* * {{Country Radio Stations in Florida SOS-FM 1991 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1991 Classic country radio stations in the United States