WJOK
| City | Kaukauna, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Green Bay-Appleton-Oshkosh |
| Branding | "Relevant Radio" |
| Frequency | 1050 kHz AM |
| First air date | September 25, 1965 |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Power | 1000 watts daytime 500 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Jesus Our King (backronymed calls; formerly stood for "Jock" for last commercial sports format) |
| Former callsigns | WKAU-AM (1960s-1984) WQWM-AM (1984-1993) WSGC (1993-1999) |
| Affiliations | Relevant Radio |
| Owner |
Starboard Broadcasting (Starboard Media Foundation, Inc.) |
| Website | www.relevantradio.com |
WJOK (1050 AM) is a Roman Catholic Christian formatted radio station licensed to Kaukauna, Wisconsin, that serves the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. The station is owned by Green Bay-based Starboard Broadcasting and airs Starboard's Relevant Radio network.
The station originally signed on as WKAU-AM in a Top 40 format. In 1984, the station was sold to Quinn Martin of Milwaukee who changed the call letters to his initials, WQWM-AM, and made it an oldies music format. The station changed hands again in 1993 to a new ownership who changed the calls to WSGC and the format to "Positive Country" music. Another sale in 1999 resulted in the station becoming all-sports "1050 The Jock, WJOK," which carried programming from the national Sports Fan Radio Network as well as local broadcasts of Wisconsin Timber Rattlers baseball. WJOK was purchased by Starboard Broadcasting in 2000, and the station joined Starboard's Relevant Radio network on November 26 of that year.
WJOK was also the call sign of a small radio station in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in the early 1980s, broadcasting on the 1150 AM frequency. It was unique at the time for having been the first radio station to broadcast comedy routines from comedy albums recorded by Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy and older radio programs such as "The Great Gildersleeve" and "Baby Snooks". Lesser known, older artists were also aired such as Shelley Berman, Henny Youngman, Hudson & Landry and the Duck's Breath Mystery Theater. Music by "Weird Al" Yankovic was commonly played.
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