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WJDX (AM)
Radio station in Mississippi, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WJDX (620 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC. It airs a news/talk/sports radio format.[3]
Mississippi Sports This Morning, which is now airing on WJQS, was the station's flagship local program. It aired during WJDX's morning drive slot without interruption from 1998 to 2020. It was hosted by Doug Colson and Jay White. It was the longest-running daily sports talk program in Mississippi radio history.
WJDX also serves as the Jackson home for the New Orleans Saints and NASCAR.[4]
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The station originally went on the air on November 30, 1929, but due to technical difficulties with their transmitter,[5] it later signed on in December 7.[6]
In the 1970s and early 1980s, WJDX was a successful Top 40 music station. Prior to that, the station had been a conservative MOR music outlet.
The station was assigned the current callsign WJDX by the Federal Communications Commission on October 9, 1998.[1] According to the FCC, the callsign was WJDS from July 6, 1990 to October 8, 1998. Prior to July 6, 1990, the callsign was WJDX since its inception.
On October 3, 2011, WJDX’s format was changed to news/talk.
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