WZTQ
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City of license | Centre, Alabama |
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Branding | Joy Christian Radio |
Frequency | 1560 AM (kHz) |
First air date | November 9, 1962 |
Format | Southern Gospel |
Power | 1000 watts (day only) |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 54521 |
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Former callsigns | WAGC (1962-2003) WZTQ (2003-2007) WLYJ (2007-2012) WZTQ (2012-2013) WLYG (2013-2014)[1] |
Owner | Joy Christian Communications, Inc. |
Website | joychristian.com |
WZTQ (1560 AM, "Joy Christian Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Centre, Alabama. The station is owned by Joy Christian Communications, Inc. It airs a Southern Gospel music format.[2]
History
This station signed on as WAGC, a 1,000 watt daytime-only AM station broadcasting at 1560 kHz under the ownership of Radio Centre, Inc.[3] The station signed on with a country & western music format which it maintained throughout the remainder of the 1960s and all of the 1970s.[4]
In August 2003, Radio Centre, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WAGC to Joy Christian Communications, Inc.[5] As part of the deal, they had the Federal Communications Commission change the station's callsign to WZTQ on September 12, 2003.[1] The sale was approved by the FCC on November 24, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on December 1, 2003.[5]
This station was assigned the WLYJ call letters by the FCC on September 17, 2007, when it swapped with then-sister station WZTQ (now WJLX). It took on the WZTQ call letters again on February 23, 2012[1] On May 16, 2013, the station changed to the WLYG call sign, and back again to the current WZTQ on October 13, 2014.
References
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