WJDQ (101.3 FM, "Q101") is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station in Meridian, Mississippi.

History

Broadcasters and Publishers, Inc., received the construction permit for a new FM radio station in Meridian. When WDAL-FM hit the air in February 1968, it was the 24-hour counterpart to 1330 WDAL, simulcasting its country format during the day and airing contemporary music at night.[2] The -FM suffix was dropped in 1976, and the station became WJDQ for the first time in 1979 and flipped to a Top 40/CHR station as "Q101". The station remained as a CHR format throughout the next three-and-a-half decades.

In 2006, WJDQ dropped its CHR format and became WMSO as "Miss 101" with a country format. On September 9, 2011, WMSO dropped its country format, flipped back to CHR, and returned back to its "Q101" branding.[3] On October 7, 2011, WMSO changed their call letters back to WJDQ, which had previously been on the 95.1 frequency (now WJXM) in the intervening five years.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJDQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Look what's come to Meridian". The Union Appeal. August 9, 1973. p. 10. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Format Musical Chairs In Meridian, MS". RadioInsight. September 12, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2016.

32°19′12″N 88°41′28″W / 32.320°N 88.691°W / 32.320; -88.691


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