WDJC-FM

WDJC-FM

City	Birmingham, Alabama
Broadcast area	Birmingham and north-central Alabama
Branding	93.7 WDJC
Slogan	Music that Matters
Frequency	93.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	99.1 W256CD (Fultondale, relays HD3)
First air date	1940s (as WSGN-FM)
Format	Contemporary Christian HD2: Talk (WYDE-FM simulcast) HD3: Sports "99.1 The Game" (NBC Sports Radio)^[1]^[2]
ERP	99,000 watts
HAAT	307 meters
Class	C0
Facility ID	34819
Callsign meaning	Witness Daily for Jesus Christ^[3] or Donald J. Crawford, president of Crawford Broadcasting Company^[4]
Former callsigns	WSGN-FM (1940s-1950s) WSFM (1950s-1967) WDJC (1967-1978)
Owner	Crawford Broadcasting Company (Kimtron, Inc.)
Sister stations	WXJC, WXJC-FM, WYDE, WYDE-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wdjconline.com

WDJC-FM (93.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. The station was one of the first commercial FM radio stations in the United States to exclusively feature Christian programming. Today the station programs contemporary Christian music. Crawford Broadcasting Company owns WDJC-FM.^[4] The transmitter tower is in Southwest Birmingham, and its studios are located in Homewood.

History

The initial call letters of WDJC-FM were WSGN-FM. The station signed on in the 1940s, and was originally owned by the parent company of The Birmingham News, and it was the sister station of one of the more popular AM radio stations in Birmingham. In 1953, the parent company of The News purchased WAFM-TV, WAPI and WAFM-FM and was forced to sell WSGN-AM and FM. Because FM radio was in its infancy, and as such neither popular nor profitable, the station was sold later in the 1950s and became WSFM, featuring a classical music format.

In 1967, WSFM owner James Melonas, who struggled through most of his ownership to get advertisers to sponsor classical music programming, sold the frequency to Crawford Broadcasting Company. With its new call letters, WDJC, the station changed formats and began broadcasting Christian programming. Initially, the programming consisted of Bible studies, church services and other Christian teaching; by the mid-1970s, some contemporary Christian music was added to the programming mix (it is believed that only Huntsville's now-defunct WNDA—now WRTT-FM—was the only other station in the state to do so at the time). At about the same time, a nightly program featuring Southern gospel music, the Dixie Gospel Caravan, was added. This programming strategy continued well into the 1990s.

After an AM sister station was named WDJC, this station was assigned the WDJC-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 4, 1978.^[5] On December 1, 1981, the station resumed its former WDJC call letters.^[5] The station was reassigned the current WDJC-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 3, 1994.^[5]

In 1998, WDJC-FM dropped the non-music elements of its programming. WFMH-FM in Cullman was purchased by a group of Birmingham investors with the purpose of launching a station that would play contemporary Christian music 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Initially, the new station, rebranded as WRRS-FM proved to be a challenger to WDJC-FM; in reaction to the challenge, WDJC-FN began to play contemporary Christian music exclusively. Within three years, WRRS changed formats; ironically, Crawford Broadcasting bought the competing station in 2003 and changed its format to talk radio.

References

↑ http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/156426/99-1-the-game-birmingham-debuts
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/107663/99-1-the-game-debuts-in-birmingham/
↑ Nelson, Bob (2008-10-18). "Call Letter Origins". The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
1 2 Fybush, Scott (June 5–12, 2002). "A Quick Jaunt Through Birmingham, Alabama". Tower Site of the Week.
1 2 3 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

External links

WDJC official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WDJC

Radio-Locator information on WDJC

Radio stations serving the Birmingham, Alabama market

by FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.5 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.9 92.5 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.5 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.1 105.5 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.7

by AM frequency	610 690 760 850 900 960 1070 1220 1240 1260 1320 1360 1400 1430 1450 1480 1500 1540 1570

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.550

by call sign	KIH54 K-Love W235BS W252BE W256CD W261BX W271BN W276BQ W281AB W286BK W293CM W297BF WAGG WAPI WATV WAY-FM Network WAYE WBFR WBHJ WBHK WBHM WBPT WCRL WDJC-FM WDXB WENN WERC WERC-FM WFHK WGIB WHPH WIXI WJLD WJLX WJOX WJOX-FM WJQX WKDG WKRE WLJR WMJJ WMMA WNG606 WPYA WQCR WQEM WQEN WSJL WUHT WURL WVSU-FM WXJC WXJC-FM WYDE WYDE-FM WZGX WZRR WZZK-FM

Defunct	WCOC (1010 AM) WBYE (1370 AM) WJSR (91.1 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama

Radio stations serving the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 90.7 91.5 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.3 96.5 96.9 97.5 98.1 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9

By AM frequency	690 790 1110 1150 1230 1280 1340 1420

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

by call sign	W221DB W245BR W248BO W261BT W265CG W271AM W292DU W297BJ W300AE KIH60 WACT WALJ WBEI WBHK WBIB WBPT WDXB WFFN WGIB WJOX WJOX-FM WJQX WJRD WKUA WLXQ WMFT WMHZ WMJJ WMXB WNPT-FM WQEN WRTR WTBC WTSK WTUG-FM WTUS-LP WTXT WUAL WUHT WVUA-FM WWPG WZBQ WZRR WZZK-FM

Defunct	WUAC-LP (103.3 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama Columbus-Starkville-West Point Radio

Religious radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WAKD – Sheffield WALN – Carrollton WAQG – Ozark WAQU – Selma WAXU – Troy WAYH – Harvest WBFR – Birmingham WBHY – Mobile WBSA – Boaz WBTG-FM – Sheffield WBXR – Hazel Green WDYF – Dothan WEBT – Langdale WELB – Elba WELL-FM – Dadeville WFBH-LP – Hamilton WGIB – Birmingham WGRW – Anniston WGTF – Dothan WIJD – Prichard WILF – Monroeville WIRB – Level Plains WJCK – Piedmont WJEC – Vernon WJIA – Guntersville WJIF – Opp WJIK – Fulton WJSD-LP – Henagar WKNG-FM – Heflin WKRE – Argo WKUA – Moundville WKWL – Florala WKZD - Priceville WLBF – Montgomery WLJR – Birmingham WLPR – Prichard WLVM – Chickasaw WMBV – Dixons Mills WMCJ – Cullman WMFT – Tuscaloosa WMGY – Montgomery WMMA – Irondale/Birmingham WMOB – Mobile WNGL – Mobile WPMR-LP – Russellville WQEM – Columbiana WQLS – Camden WRNF – Selma WRNK-LP – Lanett WSJL – Bessemer WSTF – Andalusia WTBB – Gadsden WTBJ – Oxford WTOF – Bay Minette WURY-LP – Phenix City WVMB-LP – Madison WVOB – Dothan WVPL – Dozier WWFC-LP – Bryant WXJC-FM – Cordova WYFD – Decatur

Defunct	WKOC-LP – Ider WUAC-LP – Tuscaloosa WZTQ – Centre

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Crawford Broadcasting

AM Radio Stations	KBRT KCBC KLDC KLTT KLVZ KLZ KSTL KKPZ WDCD WDCX WEXL WRDT WXJC WYDE

FM Radio Stations	WDAC WDCD-FM WDCX-FM WDJC-FM WLGZ-FM WMUZ WPWX WSRB WXJC-FM WYCA WYDE-FM WYRB

Coordinates: 33°26′35″N 86°52′52″W / 33.443°N 86.881°W / 33.443; -86.881

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