WJRS
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | WJRS |
| logo | WJKY logo.jpg |
| city | Jamestown, Kentucky |
| area | Jamestown/Russell Springs, Kentucky |
| Columbia, Kentucky | |
| Somerset/Lake Cumberland area | |
| branding | Laker Country |
| frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| airdate | |
| format | Country |
| erp | 2,000 watts |
| haat | 110 m |
| class | A |
| facility_id | 36305 |
| coordinates | |
| callsign_meaning | W Jamestown and Russell Springs |
| affiliations | Jones Radio Network |
| owner | Lake Cumberland Broadcasters |
| sister_stations | WJKY |
| webcast | Listen live |
| website | lakercountry.com |
| licensing_authority | FCC |
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| name = WJRS | logo = WJKY logo.jpg | city = Jamestown, Kentucky | area = Jamestown/Russell Springs, Kentucky Columbia, Kentucky Somerset/Lake Cumberland area | branding = Laker Country | frequency = 104.9 MHz | translator = | repeater = | airdate = | last_airdate = | format = Country | language = | power = | erp = 2,000 watts | haat = 110 m | class = A | facility_id = 36305 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = W Jamestown and Russell Springs | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = | affiliations = Jones Radio Network | owner = Lake Cumberland Broadcasters | licensee = | sister_stations = WJKY | webcast = Listen live | website = lakercountry.com | licensing_authority= FCC
WJRS (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format that is licensed to Jamestown, Kentucky, and serving the Jamestown/Russell Springs area in Russell County, Kentucky. The station is currently owned by Lake Cumberland Broadcasters, LLC, which also owns WJKY. The two stations share broadcast facilities and transmitting tower at 2804 South US 127 on the south side of Russell Springs.
WJRS features programming from Local Radio Networks.
History
The station signed on the air on September 3, 1966, and it has been broadcasting a country music format ever since. Under ownership by Russell County Broadcasters, the station, broadcasting at 103.1 megahertz. was an FM-only station for its first three years on the air. In 1970, the station, along with present-day sister station WJKY, was sold to station manager Welby Hoover, who would own the station and reallocate WJRS to its current frequency. He managed the station until his 1986 death; his wife Mae would manage the station afterwards.
WJKY simulcasted the FM station's signal until sometime in the 2000s, when the AM station became an ESPN Radio affiliate. In 2019, WJKY changed over to the JACK Radio format.
References
References
- "[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WJRS WJRS Facility Record]". [[United States]] [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
- Nash, Francis M.. (1995). "Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State". Host Communications Incorporated.
- "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1974''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1974. p. B-85. [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1974/B-Radio-All-1974.pdf]
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