WJBM
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Broadcast area | Jersey, Greene, and Calhoun counties |
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| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
| Branding | The Best Country 104.7/1480 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country music |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 23, 1960 (first license granted) |
| Technical information | |
| 23265 | |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°6′55″N 90°18′34″W / 39.11528°N 90.30944°W |
| Translator | 104.7 W284DN (Jerseyville) |
| Links | |
| Website | wjbmradio |
WJBM (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. It is licensed to Jerseyville, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by Chris Lorton's First Cut Media, LLC.
DJ Two Rivers Radio purchased WJBM in 2003, along with its sister station WBBA-FM, from Brown Radio Group Inc. for $320,000. WJBM broadcast an oldies format at the time of its sale.
Effective March 14, 2022, DJ Two Rivers Radio transferred the licenses of WJBM and WBBA-FM, along with the construction permit for translator W284DN, to Doug Smith's GBI Communications, LLC as settlement of a lawsuit between the two parties. GBI in turn turned over operation of the stations, which then simulcast a news/talk format, to John Scheper's Mid-Missouri Radio under a time brokerage agreement.
George Lorton's First Cut Media bought WJBM from GBI Communications for $100,000 in 2023; by then, the station had shifted to classic country. In addition to country music, the station's programming includes local news, national news from Fox News Radio, and agriculture news from the RFD Radio Network.
References
- ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009.
- ↑ "WJBM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- 1 2 Changing Hands, Broadcasting & Cable, November 6, 2003. Accessed July 23, 2015
- ↑ Venta, Lance (September 10, 2021). "Station Sales Week Of 9/10". RadioInsight. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (October 6, 2023). "Station Sales Week Of 10/6". RadioInsight. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
External links
- WJBM Station Website
- Facility details for Facility ID 23265 (WJBM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WJBM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 202598 (W284DN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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