WJCK (FM)

WJCK
City	Piedmont, Alabama
Branding	Praise FM
Slogan	"Not entertainment, but inspiration"
Frequency	88.3 MHz
Repeater(s)	W257CM FM 99.3 Talladega
Format	Religious
ERP	2,700 watts
HAAT	295 m (968 ft)
Class	C
Facility ID	28334
Transmitter coordinates	33°50′12″N 85°43′59″W / 33.83667°N 85.73306°W / 33.83667; -85.73306Coordinates: 33°50′12″N 85°43′59″W / 33.83667°N 85.73306°W / 33.83667; -85.73306
Callsign meaning	Jacksonville, Alabama
Owner	Immanuel Broadcasting Network
Sister stations	WCCV
Website	ibn.org

WJCK FM 88.3, known as "Praise FM", is a radio station licensed to serve Piedmont, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Immanuel Broadcasting Network, and serves northeast Alabama from Chimney Peak, just northeast of Jacksonville (from which the "JCK" in its broadcast callsign is derived).

It broadcasts a Christian religious radio format and simulcasts its flagship station, WCCV FM 91.7 in Cartersville, Georgia, IBN's other full-power station.^[1] There are also several broadcast translators that retransmit IBN, with W257CM FM 99.3 northeast of Talladega being the only one officially assigned to WJCK. W216BP FM 91.1 in Fort Payne is the only other IBN translator in Alabama, but is assigned to relay WCCV as its primary or parent station.

History

This station received its original construction permit for a 6,000-watt FM station in Cedartown, Georgia, from the Federal Communications Commission on March 23, 1992.^[2] The new station was assigned the call letters WJCK by the FCC on April 23, 2992.^[3] In May 1994, WJCK applied for a waiver of the FCC's main-studio rule (which requires a radio station to maintain its studios and main offices within the city of license and broadcast range for that station) to allow for the simulcasting of programming from sister station WCCV in Cartersville, Georgia.^[4] This waiver was granted on November 2, 1994.^[4] After multiple extensions to the construction permit, WJCK received its license to cover from the FCC on January 30, 1995.^[5]

In November 1996, station owner Immanuel Broadcasting Network filed an application with the FCC to change the station's antenna height above average terrain, transmitter location, main studio location, and community of license as part of a planned move to Piedmont, Alabama.^[6] The FCC granted a construction permit for these changes in June 1997 and construction was completed by March 1999 when WJCK was granted program test authority to begin provisional broadcasting from this new location, but an objection filed in April 1999 by WBRC TV 6 (with analog audio on 87.75MHz) in Birmingham, Alabama would help keep the station from being fully licensed to broadcast from Piedmont until May 11, 2001.^[6]^[7]

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
↑ "Application Search Details (BPED-19900315MG)". FCC Media Bureau. March 23, 1992.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
1 2 "Application Search Details (BMPED-19940513IZ)". FCC Media Bureau. November 2, 1994.
↑ "Application Search Details (BLED-19940325KA)". FCC Media Bureau. January 30, 1995.
1 2 "Application Search Details (BPED-19961104MC)". FCC Media Bureau. June 4, 1997.
↑ "Application Search Details (BLED-19990319KB)". FCC Media Bureau. May 11, 2001.

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Radio stations serving the Anniston, Alabama market

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 90.7 91.3 91.7 91.9 92.7 95.5 97.9 98.3 100.7 105.9

by AM frequency	780 990 1120 1290 1340 1390 1450 1490 1580

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

by call sign	KIH58 WCKF WDNG WEIS WFEB WFXO WFZX WGRW WHMA WHMA-FM WHOG WJCK WKLS WKNG-FM WLJS-FM WPIL WTBJ WTDR-FM WVOK WVOK-FM WYEA WZZX

Defunct	WPPT (1230 AM)

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

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

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