WSJL is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Northport, Alabama

Northport, Alabama

Northport is a city in Tuscaloosa County in the west central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Located on the Black Warrior River across from downtown Tuscaloosa, it is currently the 24th largest city in Alabama with an estimated population of 23,442 in 2009...

. The station is owned by the Mary V. Harris Foundation. It airs a Christian

Christian radio

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 talk radio

Talk radio

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 format.

The original construction permit

Construction permit

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 for this radio station was issued by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on April 22, 2005. The station was assigned the WSJL call letters by the FCC on May 18, 2005. The station was granted a main studio waiver, thus allowing this station to be programmed entirely from a remote location with no presence in the city of license, on March 13, 2008. WSJL was granted its license to cover

Broadcast license

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by the FCC on May 9, 2008.

Silent

The FCC reports that the station fell silent on August 29, 2008.

On October 14, 2008, the station informed the FCC that there was "excessive undesirable noise in the audio output" and that the cause of this technical problem was undetermined. The station requested special temporary authority to remain off the air for 90 days to "investigate and repair the problem." The FCC dismissed this application on February 9, 2009.