WJOX-FM
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| City | Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Central Alabama |
| Branding | JOX 94-5 |
| Slogan | "Your Sports Authority" |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | January 1, 1947 (as WAFM-FM at 93.3); adopted current call letters in July 2008 |
| Format | Sports |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 309 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 16901 |
| Callsign meaning | JOX = Jocks |
| Former callsigns | WAFM (1947-1958) WAPI-FM (1958-1994) WMXQ (1994-1996) WYSF (1996-2008) |
| Former frequencies | 93.3 MHz (1947-1949) 99.5 MHz (1949-1963) |
| Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WAPI, WJOX, WJQX, WUHT, WZRR |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live via iHeart |
| Website | joxfm.com |
WJOX-FM (94.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to Birmingham. The station airs a sports radio format. WJOX is owned by Cumulus Media (the parent of radio network Westwood One). The station was assigned the WJOX-FM call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on February 8, 2010. The station has studios in Homewood and its transmitter is in West Birmingham along the west ridge of Red Mountain.
The station is an affiliate of CBS Sports Radio, and is the Birmingham area flagship affiliate for University of Alabama sports. WJOX became the flagship station of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network, which was syndicated throughout Alabama and adjoining states, in 2007. WJOX is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans football radio network and the Atlanta Braves radio network.
The forerunner of WJOX debuted December 1, 1947, as WAFM on 93.3 FM. At least by 1949, the station was broadcasting on 99.5 FM, where it remained until 1963 when it moved to its current dial position. It was a sister station to WAPI; WAFM-TV Channel 13 (now WVTM) was launched in 1949. WAFM changed its call sign in 1958 to WAPI-FM to match the call letters of its AM sister station. All three broadcast properties were owned by Advance Publications, the parent company of The Birmingham News. In the early 1970s, WAPI-FM played "solid gold" music (an early version of the adult contemporary format). In 1978, the station became an easy listening music station, calling itself "Beautiful 94" (later branded as "FM 94 WAPI, A Pleasure To Be Around"), moving it in competition with WQEZ (now WMJJ).
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