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| WJAB | |
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| City of license | Huntsville, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Slogan | "Smooth Jazz & Cool Vocals" |
| Frequency | 90.9 FM (MHz) |
| First air date | October 2, 1991 |
| Format | Jazz/Blues |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 102 meters (335 feet) |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 697 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Callsign meaning | Jazz And Blues[1] |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio |
| Owner | Alabama A&M University |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WJAB Online |
WJAB (90.9 FM) is a National Public Radio-affiliated radio station in Huntsville, Alabama. It primarily features jazz and blues music programming aimed toward African-American residents of the northern counties of Alabama and several counties in southern middle Tennessee.[2] WJAB's signal travels in about a 50-mile radius.
The station is licensed to Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (known as "Alabama A&M" for short) in Normal, Alabama, which is actually located within the city of Huntsville. The Telecommunications Center of the University operates the station partly as a laboratory for student announcers, producers, and journalists.
History
Beginning in the late 1970s, Alabama A&M made numerous attempts to obtain funding from the state of Alabama and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in order to establish a radio station of its own. The FCC originally allocated the callsign WAED for the station.[3] The Telecommunications Center under the direction of the late Dr. Heyward Handy and Elizabeth Sloan-Ragland was best known during the 1970s and 1980s for producing several weekly public affairs and features shows seen on Alabama Public Television including Montage, Upstate and The Alabama A&M Football Review with announcer Ike Rooks which aired on Huntsville area commercial television stations.
After years of bureaucratic wrangling and waiting for governments to afford the needed appropriations, AAMU realized its goal in 1991. Since that time, the station has consistently placed the concerns of its listeners in very high regard with programming such as interview shows, music of all varieties throughout the Pan-African world, and live broadcasts of AAMU football and men's basketball games.
The station was assigned the WJAB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 23, 1990.[4]
Notable personalities included Joe Cook, Erica Fox, Don Juan, Toni Neal, Ellen Washington
References
- ^ Nelson, Bob (2008-10-18). "Call Letter Origins". The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved on 2008-10-31.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Station Search Details". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
External links
- WJAB official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WJAB
- Radio Locator information on WJAB
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WJAB
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