WLYJ
Encyclopedia
WLYJ is a radio station
licensed to serve Centre, Alabama
. The station is owned by Joy Christian Communications, Inc. It airs a Southern Gospel
music format.
daytime-only AM station broadcasting at 1560 kHz under the ownership of Radio Centre, Inc. The station signed on with a country & western music format which it maintained throughout the remainder of the 1960s and all of the 1970s.
In August 2003, Radio Centre, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WAGC to Joy Christian Communications, Inc. As part of the deal, they had the Federal Communications Commission
change the station's callsign to WZTQ on September 12, 2003. The sale was approved by the FCC on November 24, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on December 1, 2003.
This station was assigned the current WLYJ call letters by the FCC on September 17, 2007, when it swapped with then-sister station WZTQ (now WJLX).
Radio station
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licensed to serve Centre, Alabama
Centre, Alabama
Centre is a city in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 3,273. The city is the county seat of Cherokee County, and is part of the 'Gadsden, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area'.-History:...
. The station is owned by Joy Christian Communications, Inc. It airs a Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
music format.
History
This station signed on as WAGC, a 1,000 wattWatt
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daytime-only AM station broadcasting at 1560 kHz under the ownership of Radio Centre, Inc. The station signed on with a country & western music format which it maintained throughout the remainder of the 1960s and all of the 1970s.
In August 2003, Radio Centre, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WAGC to Joy Christian Communications, Inc. As part of the deal, they had the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
change the station's callsign to WZTQ on September 12, 2003. The sale was approved by the FCC on November 24, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on December 1, 2003.
This station was assigned the current WLYJ call letters by the FCC on September 17, 2007, when it swapped with then-sister station WZTQ (now WJLX).