WJKX is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to the community Ellisville, Mississippi

Ellisville, Mississippi

Ellisville is a city in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,465 at the time of the 2000 census.-History:The city is named for Powhatan Ellis, a former U.S. Senator for Mississippi and descendant of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas...

, and serving the Laurel-Hattiesburg area. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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 and the license is held by CC Licenses, LLC. It airs an Urban Adult Contemporary

Urban Adult Contemporary

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 music format.

History

It began in 1973 as WBSJ, a country music

Country music

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 station, located just north of Ellisville. Upon its acquisition by Clear Channel, call letters and format were changed, and the studios moved to Laurel, Mississippi

Laurel, Mississippi

Laurel is a city located in Jones County in Mississippi, a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,393 although a significant population increase has been reported following Hurricane Katrina. Located in southeast Mississippi, southeast of...

 in the building with WNSL

WNSL

WNSL is a Top 40 music formatted radio station licensed to Laurel, Mississippi, serving the Laurel-Hattiesburg Arbitron market. It is also known as the Heritage Station of Laurel-Hattiesburg, although it is not the oldest.-Programming:...

 and WHER

WHER (FM)

WHER is a radio station licensed to serve Heidelberg, Mississippi. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications and the license is held the Aloha Station Trust, LLC. It airs a classic country music format....

.

The station was assigned the WJKX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on March 1, 1990

1990 in radio

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. The WBSJ

WBSJ

WBSJ , is a National Public Radio-affiliated station in Portland, Indiana. It primarily features National Public Radio programming. It is owned by Ball State University.-External links:*...

callsign is now owned by Ball State University in Indiana.