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"The Home of the Western Gentlemen..WJJD 1160"

 

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This is your station for Faith, Family and Country

Positive Country and Contemporary Christian Music


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FORMAT SHIFT TO MORE POSITIVE COUNTRY

After several years of operating primarily as a tribute station to WJJD in Chicago, I have deemed it necessary to make a few slight changes.

Listeners will now notice a shift towards more music that is "positive country" mixed with some lighter contemporary Christian tunes, in a music blend somewhat like the old 'Walk' station in Greenville, S.C. However, WJJD includes a lot more country, and classic country tunes, unlike the 'Walk.' It's a new radio adventure and a fresher sound for our station.

The new format officially launched on Monday, June 8.

WHY?

Unfortunately, the station has been in a tight financial situation for the past few months, as listener donations have dwindled for the past few months. Since the first of the year, the demand for classic country alone seems to have peaked, at least for us.  I am now finding it necessary to locate sponsors and advertisers to stay on the air, as there's not enough contributions from listeners to maintain a "tribute" station any longer. This is unfortunate, but this is reality and the cost of operating a station must be met if the station is to remain on the air.

THE COST OF BROADCASTING

I estimate the cost of broadcasting for the coming year to be approximately $3600. Our PRO contract is up for renewal later this summer and I hope to be able to continue. 

Here's the rough breakdown:

1.) Streaming/bandwidth/music license fees to Live365: $1800

     a.  Royalties to ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and SoundExchange: $900

     b.  Streaming, software, bandwidth, storage to Live365: $900

2.)  Building renovation: $1800

      A 10x20 building has been donated to us. This will become the new home for the station, with a combo on-air studio, production area, office area and music storage. The building will require painting, insulation, additional electrical work, inside wall, additional windows, and air conditioning. Total cost is estimated at $1800.      

CONTRIBUTE TO WJJD

If you enjoy our station and music, please consider making a donation now to help us during our contract renewal time.

Here are a couple of ways to do so:

It is now possible to donate to the station via Paypal!

Delta Star Radio's Paypal email address to use is alanmccal (at) hotmail (dot) com. I attempted to place a PayPal button here and am not geeky enough to figure out how to do it!  However, this PayPal account is strictly for use by Delta Star Radio of Florida, Inc. Therefore, all funds received are used only for station purposes. 

You may also mail a contribution to us:

Delta Star Radio of Florida Inc.

Attn: Alan McCall

2625 Doll Place

Tallahassee, FL 32311

THE BUDGOMETER SHOWS HOW WE'RE DOING:

JULY REVENUE/CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE: $65.00

Thank you for listening and for your support!

THE "COUNTRY GIANT" SLOGAN AND BRANDING

The "country giant" slogan was used quite extensively throughout the U.S. during the 1960s and 70s. Many of the stations using this term were located in small towns, but this was not always the case. Sometimes it was used on stations in big cities as well. Many of the station jingles and IDs of this era had a very distinctive sound.  WJJD began its run as a "country giant" in 1965.

HISTORY OF WJJD

Many of the historic radio station is U.S. broadcast history are gone - some have gone silent; others have gone through ownership and format changes over the years. Most are unrecognizable as any type of "heritage" station, instead offering syndicated or brokered programs, with little personality of its own.

One of these was WJJD, first put on the air in 1924 by J.J. Davies in 1924 at Moosehart, the Moose Club Children's Home, located north of Aurora, Illinois. It was reallocated to Chicago in 1941 and operated on "limited hours" from 1941 to 1980.

WJJD had a number of formats. I'm particularly interested in the format switch from Top-40 to country in 1965. The first record played was Buck Owens' "I've Got A Tiger by the Tail." Under the guidance of program director Chris Lane, WJJD went on to be a trendsetter, featuring such air personalities as Art Nelson, Roy Stingley, Ted Clark, Rich Osborn, Mark Edwards, Mike Larsen and a number of others. WJJD was also the home of the 'Suppertime Frolic' with Randy Blake.

WJJD was a trendsetter - if WJJD "broke a record" on the air by being the first to play it, you could bet other country stations across the U.S. would soon be playing it as well. Program directors from stations around the country would travel to Chicago, listening to the formatics and programming of this country music station.

Despite 73 years of history, this station died quietly on April 8, 1997. Chicago's 1160 is now WYLL, owned by Salem Communications. Very little original WJJD program material has survived. I am grateful to those who have contributed aircheck tapes, jingles and IDs and music! 

ABOUT THE WJJD OF TODAY

The tribute to WJJD was launched on July 27, 2003 by Alan McCall, under the Delta Star Radio of Florida, Inc. Florida nonprofit corporation. Delta Star is a Florida nonprofit corporation, but is not a 501(c)3, allowing us to sell advertising if necessary to sustain the broadcast endeavors.  Our radio studios are located just outside of Tallahassee, Fla.

WJJD BROADCASTING AT 32 KBPS BITRATE

The majority of our listeners have broadband.  WJJD is now broadcasting at a bitrate of 32k. This seems to be the best bitrate for reaching both dial-up and broadband listeners.

WJJD IS A  "PRO" LEVEL STATION

The Country Giant is a "professional" level station running our own ads and promotions.  If you like and appreciate the type of music and programming offered here, please consider making a donation or becoming a sponsor of our programming.  

It costs a minimum of $150 per month to operate.

If you are a business, organization or individual that would be interested in supporting us via advertising/sponsorship, please contact me via email  or snail mail address below. 

CONTACT US

You are welcome to write us:

Delta Star Radio of Florida Inc/WJJD

c/o Alan McCall

2625 Doll Place

Tallahassee, FL 32311-5324

Email me: alanmccal@hotmail.com

 

Thanks to all of you who are helping create the best country station ever!

 

NEW PROMOTIONS!

As you are probably aware, advertising revenue to WJJD on average is not sufficient to even cover our operating costs. I have been developing some partnerships for non-traditional revenue sources, including:

BUSINESS OWNERS:

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EVERYONE NEEDS MONEY THESE DAYS...

Internet marketers: Please check out this site: Vinitti System

 

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THE PRI NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY CAMPAIGN

We are proud to partner with PRI Publishing and local area businesses to help bring the "Fourteen Days To A Safer Child" (TM) program to as many schools and daycares as possible. The program teaches children the skills they need to know in order to stay safe in today's world. We will send the information about this program to ANY business in ANY community that wants to take the steps necessary to help protect our kids.

Simply contact me HERE and I'll send you the information right away.

Let's all pitch in to this worthwhile campaign!

 

LOOKING FOR OLD COUNTRY RECORDS, 45s, ETC.

I am always on the lookout for old unused and/or unwanted country music albums, 45s, cassettes and such. I want to preserve, and make the music available to, those who appreciate the heritage of country music, much of which is not played on terrestrial radio any more.

Eventually, I do hope to have the entire vinyl collection digitized - I estimate that this process could literally take several years to complete!

Please contact me if you would like to contribute music to the station. 

WHAT'S PLAYING ON WJJD? 

*Current and classic country 24/7! Internet stream is powered by Live365.com. ID3 tags let you know the artist and title of every song.

*We are fully licensed by ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and SoundExchange.

*We are DMCA compliant.

*Requests are ALWAYS welcome here!

*Authentic WJJD jingles and station IDs from the 1960s-70s country era! 

 

Listen to WJJD's online broadcast now!
(Click the Live365 link on right)

I also post radio stories, updates and information on my blog.

 

WJJD Radio is a service of Delta Star Radio of Florida, Inc.

Delta Star Radio also owns and operates Musicbox 1610, a Part 15 AM station in Tallahassee, Fla., and produces a weekly syndicated classic contemporary Christian music radio program.



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