WJBP

Family Life Radio station in Red Bank–Chattanooga, Tennessee

Red Bank, Tennessee

Broadcast areaChattanoogaFrequency91.5 MHzBrandingFamily Life RadioProgrammingFormatChristianNetworkFamily Life RadioOwnershipOwnerFamily Life Broadcasting Inc.History

First air date

September 1980 (as WCSO)

Former call signs

WCSO (1980–1987)
WAWL-FM (1987–2008)Technical information^[1]

Licensing authority

FCCFacility ID10670ClassC3ERP11,000 wattsHAAT100 meters (330 ft)Links

Public license information

Public file
LMS

Websitemyflr.org

WJBP (91.5 FM) is a non-commercial Christian music and teaching radio station located in Red Bank, Tennessee, owned by the Family Life Radio network. The transmitter is located in Fairview, Georgia.

History

On March 6, 1978, Chattanooga State Technical Community College applied for a construction permit to build a new radio station on 91.5 FM at Signal Mountain, Tennessee, broadcasting with 137 watts. The Federal Communications Commission approved the permit on March 13, 1979, and WCSO began broadcasting in September 1980.^[2]^[3]

WCSO was a typical college radio station; it did not begin broadcasting overnights until 1985, when it started airing a tape loop of nature sounds at night. The off-hours programming developed a cult following with listeners, including a prison inmate who wrote to the station to say that the programming had helped him not go crazy.^[4] The call letters were changed from WCSO to WAWL-FM on December 18, 1987, which marked the shift from a soft adult contemporary format to an alternative rock base; the station was known as "the WAWL".^[5]

In March 2008, Chattanooga State announced it was selling the WAWL-FM license, with the school's programming moving online-only. In September 2008, the buyer was identified as Family Life Radio, paying $1.5 million.^[6] On December 10, 2008, WAWL-FM ended operations. The station was then silent until Family Life Radio reactivated the facility as WJBP with its national programming on January 2, 2009.

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WJBP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ FCC History Cards for WJBP
^ "Chattanooga State's WAWL Celebrates 25 Years". The Chattanoogan. August 24, 2005. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ "Station's 'Natural' Sound Draws Cult". The Leaf-Chronicle. Associated Press. February 3, 1986. p. 7. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ Crane, Laura (April 17, 2008). "Chattanooga State Radio Change Boggles The Mind". The Chattanoogan. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ "Buyer Disclosed for Chattanooga Noncomm". All Access. September 15, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

External links

Family Life Radio
‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WJBP in the FCC FM station database
WJBP in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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