WJEC is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Vernon, Alabama

Vernon, Alabama

Vernon is a city in Lamar County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,143. The city is the county seat of Lamar County.- Geography :Vernon is located at .According to the U.S...

, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1994, is currently owned by Lamar County Broadcasting Co., Inc.

WJEC broadcasts a Southern Gospel

Southern Gospel

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 music format.

History

This station received its original construction permit

Construction permit

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 for a 3,000 watt

Watt

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 station at 106.5 MHz from the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on August 16, 1989. The new station was assigned the call letters WJEC by the FCC on September 20, 1989. After a modification to increase the station's effective radiated power

Effective radiated power

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 to 6,000 watts and one time extension, WJEC received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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from the FCC on August 10, 1994.

In April 1996, an agreement was reached to transfer the broadcast license for WJEC to Lamar County Broadcasting Co., Inc., an Alabama corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 2, 1996, and the transaction was consummated on July 16, 1996.

CURT SMITH: Station Manager/Host (1996-)
ERIC OTTS: Program Director/Host (2002-)
WAYNE BARNES: Sales/Sports Host (2010-)
TERESA CANTRELL: Sales (2011-)
KIM FOWLKES: Sales (2011-)
GREG FIELDS: Sports Host (1996-) GLENN CRAWFORD: Host (2006-)