Technical Profile: WJAB

FM Technical Profile: WJAB

Station Name:: Jazz and Blues 90.9 The Hill
Frequency:: 90.9
Format:: Jazz, Black Gospel, Blues, Classic R&B, Public Radio
Transmitter Location:: [map] [street view] [bird's eye] On campus of Alabama A&M University in the town of Normal.
Power (ERP):: 100 kW
Antenna:: 335 feet
Antenna HAAT:: Omnidirectional
Other Information:: 60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.; HD-2: Blues; :PS-[?] Time-[?] Text-WJAB JAZZ AND BLUES ON THE HILL PTY-[?] PI-WJAB-FM
More Information:: [FCC]; [FCCdata]; [Radio-Locator]; [Wikipedia]
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[Picture] Image from an Insignia HD portable showing the RDS decoding the Radio Text and PI (call sign) fields.
[Picture] Image from an Insignia HD portable showing the HD PAD data for the main (HD1) channel.
[Picture] Image from an Insignia HD portable showing the HD PAD data for the HD2 channel, which was blank at the time this picture was taken.
Owner:: Alabama A&M University
History:: Although the original construction permit for this station wasn't granted until 1989, the university had been trying to get funding for a student station as far back as the 1970s. The station signed on in late August of 1991 with the WJAB call letters (for Jazz And Blues.) The station filed a notice of digital service in January of 2015 and is confirmed to be in HD, with a second channel active but with no content.