FM Technical Profile: WJDB

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Station Name:

CD Country

Frequency:

95.5

Format:

Country

Transmitter Location:

[map] [street view] Behind Magnolia Lawns Cemetery on US-43, just north of Grove Hill.

Power (ERP):

9.6 kW

Antenna:

Omnidirectional

Antenna HAAT:

525 feet

Other Information:

60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.

:
PS-WJDB 95.5 HOT COUNTRY WJDB955 DOT COM
Time-[?]
Text-1-800-245-9532 WJDB955.COM
PTY-Country

More Information:

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[Street View] Studio and original WJDB AM/FM transmitter location on US-43, south of Thomasville. From January 2016.

Owner:

Griffin Broadcasting Corporation

History:

A little bit about the station is available at their website.

This station was spawned from WJDB AM, which was put on the air by J. Dige Bishop.  The station originally came on the air in 1972 on 95.3 MHz, with 3 kW at 300 feet HAAT (Height Above Average Terrain), with a CCA FM 3000DS transmitter feeding a 3 bay CCA FMH LP-3 antenna.  It appears that for much of the station's early existence, it simulcast the AM, however by the early 80's it broke off to do Country music, with the occasional pop tune to try and attract younger listeners.

In 1993, the station was granted a construction permit to move from their original transmitter location to the current site listed above.  As part of the change, the station moved to 95.5 MHz and was able to boost power to 9.6 kW.  A license to cover for that change happened in the early winter of 1995.

The station received a permit in 2005 to bump up to a class C2 facility with 40 kW from the WJDB AM tower site, but that permit expired unbuilt in 2008.