WJZS

For the Block Island, Rhode Island radio station that held the call sign WJZS at 99.3 FM from 2004 to 2013, see WMNP.
WJZS
City Live Oak, Florida
Branding 96.5 & 106.1 The Jet
Frequency 106.1 MHz
First air date September 6, 1991 (as WLVO)
Format News/Talk
ERP 2,600 watts
HAAT 152 meters
Class A
Facility ID 37060
Transmitter coordinates 30°13′7.00″N 82°59′26.00″W / 30.2186111°N 82.9905556°W / 30.2186111; -82.9905556
Former callsigns WLVO (1991-2004)
DWLVO (2004-2007)
WLVO (2007-2013)
Owner Dr. Cesta Newman
(Newman Broadcasting, Inc.)

WJZS (106.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Live Oak, Florida, USA. The station is owned by Dr. Cesta Newman, through licensee Newman Broadcasting, Inc.[1] It simulcasts WJTK 96.5 FM.

History

The station went on the air as WLVO on September 6, 1991. On August 31, 2004, the station changed its call sign to DWLVO, and on August 2, 2007, back to WLVO.[2] The station, which at the time broadcast a classic hits format, quit on January 14, 2012, after station owner Leon Pettersen, due to illness, was not able to operate the station to FCC requirements.

The station became inactive due to the owner's death, see: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lakecityreporter/obituary.aspx?n=leon-fred-pettersen&pid=156333844.

On January 4, 2013, WLVO returned to the air with a contemporary Christian format. On October 1, 2013, the station changed its call sign to the current WJZS. Effective October 1, 2014, WJZS was sold to Newman Broadcasting, Inc. for $2,500.

References

  1. ↑ "WJZS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WJZS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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