WJAM
| City | Selma, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Branding | AM 1340 and Jam 96.3 |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 96.3 W242BW (Selma) |
| First air date | December 19, 1946 |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 947 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°25′31″N 86°59′47″W / 32.42528°N 86.99639°W |
| Callsign meaning | W "Jam" |
| Former callsigns | WGWC (1946-1968) WAMA (1968-1975) WMRK (1975-2009) |
| Owner | Scott Communications, Inc. (Scott Communications, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WALX, WMRK-FM |
WJAM (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Selma, Alabama, USA. Originally launched in 1946, the station is currently owned by Scott Communications, Inc., and the WJAM broadcast license is held by Scott Communications, Inc.
WJAM broadcasts an urban adult contemporary music format. Notable syndicated weeknight talk programming once included Larry King Live and The Jim Bohannon Show.
WJAM has broadcast Sunday morning services of the First Presbyterian Church of Selma for more than 40 years.
This station first began regular broadcast operations on December 19, 1946, as a full-time 250 watt station licensed to serve Selma, Alabama. Original owner G.W. Covington Jr. had the station assigned the call letters WGWC after his own initials. Covington died in 1949 and his estate transferred the license for WGWC to Dallas Broadcasters Inc., owned by Oscar Covington.
Judge W.E. Farrar acquired Dallas Broadcasters Inc. on October 10, 1958. This ownership change would prove short-lived as on August 1, 1961, WGWC was acquired by Robert J. Martin.
In 1964 the station increased the strength of its daytime signal to 1,000 watts while maintaining a 250 watt nighttime signal. The station took on a new call sign in 1968 with a change to WAMA. The newly renamed WAMA changed hands again on February 1, 1969, when it was acquired by the Vogel-Hendrix Corporation.
In 1975, WAMA was acquired by Thomas E. Alexander's Alexander Broadcasting Co., Inc. Now a sister station to WALX, the station was assigned new call letters WMRK by the Federal Communications Commission.
After the death of Thomas E. Alexander in April 1989, control of Alexander Broadcasting Co., Inc., was passed by his estate to his widow, Betty Hunt Alexander. The transfer was approved by the FCC on June 9, 1989, and the transaction was completed on June 20, 1989.
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