WJDQ

For the Meridian, Mississippi radio station that held the call sign WJDQ at 95.1 FM from 2006 to 2011, see WJXM (FM).

WJDQ

Meridian, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Meridian, Mississippi
Frequency	101.3 MHz
Branding	Q101
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks United Stations Radio Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Mississippi Broadcasters LLC
Sister stations	WYHL, WZKS, WOKK, WJXM, WMOG
History
First air date	February 1968 (57 years ago) (1968-02) (as WDAL-FM)
Former call signs	WDAL-FM (1968–1976) WDAL (1976–1979) WJDQ (1979–2006) WYHL (2006) WMSO (2006–2011)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	7067
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	176 meters
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	q101radio.net

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.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 7067 (WJDQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WJDQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

32.320°N 88.691°W / 32.320; -88.691