WYRE-FM
Encyclopedia
WYRE-FM is a radio station
broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Previously, it aired an oldies
music format as part of the True Oldies Channel network. Other previous formats included Hot Country
(as WJQR), Rhythmic Oldies
, Hot AC, and Smooth Jazz
.
Licensed to St. Augustine Beach, Florida
, USA, the station serves the Jacksonville, Florida, area. The station is currently owned by Cortona Media, LLC.
Until August 4, this station was simulcast on WJSJ 105.3 (through the Jammin' Oldies, Hot AC and Smooth Jazz formats) in the western end of the Jacksonville market. The simulcast has since been broken and WJSJ is now a simulcast of sports radio
station WJXL
.
/1420AM
.
Both stations were sold in 1999 with the FM station switching from Modern Country to Groovin' Oldies
with the WYGV call sign
. WYGV simulcast with its new sister station WXGV
(105.3 FM) in Fernandina Beach, Florida
. The Groovin' Oldies was 1999's answer to the disco
format of 1978. The Groovin' Oldies format was one of a string of failed formats tried around the millennium by radio executives nationwide to find "the next big thing." This graveyard of formats also includes FM Talk
, which is more commonly known as Hot Talk
on the AM band, as well as '80s oldies.
On March 21, 2003 the callsign was changed again to the current WSJF as both stations flipped to a smooth jazz
format.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Previously, it aired an oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
music format as part of the True Oldies Channel network. Other previous formats included Hot Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
(as WJQR), Rhythmic Oldies
Rhythmic oldies
Rhythmic Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, disco or dance genres of music. Playlists may span from the 1970s through the early 1990s...
, Hot AC, and Smooth Jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
.
Licensed to St. Augustine Beach, Florida
St. Augustine Beach, Florida
St. Augustine Beach is a city in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,683 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,002....
, USA, the station serves the Jacksonville, Florida, area. The station is currently owned by Cortona Media, LLC.
Until August 4, this station was simulcast on WJSJ 105.3 (through the Jammin' Oldies, Hot AC and Smooth Jazz formats) in the western end of the Jacksonville market. The simulcast has since been broken and WJSJ is now a simulcast of sports radio
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...
station WJXL
WJXL
WJXL 1010 AM, known on-air as 1010 XL, is a sports radio station licensed to Jacksonville Beach, Florida, owned and operated by Seven Bridges Radio, under its president Steve Griffin. Griffin also serves as General Manager of the station....
.
History
The station was assigned the call letters WJQR on June 13, 1995. WJQR signed on as "Hot Country 105.5 WJQR" with Jacksonville personality and former WZAZ station owner Mark Majors as morning host. The rest of the day was automated with the Hot Country radio service. At the time, WJQR was owned by Ken & Eileen Stein along with its co-owned AM sister station WAOCWAOC
WAOC is a radio station broadcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed to St. Augustine, Florida, USA, the station serves the Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned by Phillips Broadcasting, LLC and features programing from ESPN Radio, The Sport Buffet and Motor Racing...
/1420AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
.
Rhythmic oldies
Rhythmic Oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, disco or dance genres of music. Playlists may span from the 1970s through the early 1990s...
with the WYGV call sign
Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...
. WYGV simulcast with its new sister station WXGV
WJSJ
WJSJ is a radio station licensed to Fernandina Beach, Florida and serves the Jacksonville, Florida area with a Spanish tropical format branded as "La Mega 105"....
(105.3 FM) in Fernandina Beach, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. The Groovin' Oldies was 1999's answer to the disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
format of 1978. The Groovin' Oldies format was one of a string of failed formats tried around the millennium by radio executives nationwide to find "the next big thing." This graveyard of formats also includes FM Talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
, which is more commonly known as Hot Talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
on the AM band, as well as '80s oldies.
On March 21, 2003 the callsign was changed again to the current WSJF as both stations flipped to a smooth jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
format.