Broadcast area |
Vernon, Indiana Jennings County, Indiana |
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Frequency | 1460 AM kHz |
Branding | Classic Hits 97.7 and 1460 WJCP |
Programming | |
Format |
Full service Classic hits [1] |
Affiliations | Brownfield Ag News
[2] USA Radio News |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | January 8, 1955 (as WOCH) [3] |
Former call signs | WOCH (1955–1984) WINN (1984–1988) WNVI (1988–1989) WKRP (1989–1997) WNVI (1997–2006) [4] |
Call sign meaning | W Jennings County Panthers [5] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 61196 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000
watts daytime 92 watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°59′46.0″N 85°39′2.0″W / 38.996111°N 85.650556°W |
Translator(s) | 97.7 W249DG (North Vernon) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | wjcpradio.com |
WJCP is a full service classic hits-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to North Vernon, Indiana, serving Vernon and Jennings County, Indiana. [1] WJCP is owned and operated by Keith Reising, through licensee Jennings County Promotion Partners, LLC. [6] [7]
WJCP was launched on January 8, 1955, as WOCH by Dorrell Ochs. [3] [5] Located in the Ochs' family auto supply business in North Vernon, the station was started with the intent of keeping the local community informed and entertained, while broadcasting Christian programming. [5] [8]
Eventually, the station was bought ARS Broadcasting Corporation and carried a middle of the road (MOR) format. [9] At the time, the station carried the WNVI callsign. [4] [9] WNVI changed its callsign to WKRP on August 17, 1989, and back to WNVI on August 8, 1997. [4] Findlay Publishing Company purchased WNVI and its then FM sister-stations WRBI and WWWY for $1.9 million in 1997. [9] For a time, after the sale, WNVI carried a talk format, simulcasting then sister-station WCSI. [9]
Findlay Publishing Company sold WNVI, in a swap for WWWY, to Pieratt Communications, Inc. on November 20, 2001. [10] With the sale, the simulcast was WCSI ended and WNVI switched to Adult Standards. [9] In 2003, the station flipped to ESPN Radio-affiliated sports branded as "ESPN 1460". [9]
On May 15, 2006, WNVI became WJCP with its callsign standing for Jennings County Panthers, the latter derived from the county high school's mascot. [4] [9] WJCP was sold to Tom and Diana Taylor on October 17, 2014. [11] WJCP added FM translator W249DG, broadcasting on 97.7 FM, on May 9, 2016. [9] The translator simulcasts WJCP's AM signal on the FM band. [12]
Effective October 10, 2019, Tom and Diana Taylor sold WJCP and translator W249DG to Keith Reising's Jennings County Promotion Partners, LLC for $115,000.
In addition to the main station, WJCP is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. [13] Translator W249DG was originally owned by Greenfield, Indiana-based Indiana Community Radio Corporation. [14] It was subsequently sold as part of a package of stations and translators to New Beginnings Movement, Inc., and then acquired by WJCP owners Tom and Diana Taylor effective June 29, 2018.
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP ( W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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W249DG | 97.7 FM | North Vernon, Indiana | 141722 | 250 | 57 m (187 ft) | D | LMS |