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"The Countrywide Sound"

Proudly playing more than 50 years of country classics!


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WJJD APPEAL FALLS SHORT

The recent appeal for financial assistance fell far short of the goal. I wound up $115.04 short on the "overage" charges due to Live365.

The station has requested a "downgrade" to P4, which, unfortunately, will remove our listing on iTunes. All listeners will need to listen through our regular Live365 page. We will no longer sell advertising spots.

The station can continue to exist only through listener support and underwriters from this point forward.

Thank you to the 3 donors that did make a contribution. It helped! And I am grateful to you.

 

THE BUDGOMETER FOR MARCH

INCOME:

MARCH INCOME                                              $350.00

MAR 1 BILLING:                                                 $ - 0 -

MARCH PLEDGES:                                                 -0- 

EXPENSES:

STREAMING & ROYALTIES                              $390.04

FLORIDA CORPORATION FILING FEES         $61.25

TOTAL EXPENSES:                                             $451.29

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AMOUNT PAID TO LIVE365:                             $275.00

OVERAGE FEES OUTSTANDING:                     $115.04

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BUDGOMETER:                                                -176.29

WE REALLY NEED YOU. HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP:

Underwrite one hour of programming for $25

Underwrite 30 minutes of programming for $12.50

Purchase a Computer Games Gold CD-ROM for $35

Pledge a contribution to our Kickstarter project (ends May 4)

Make a donation directly to us:

Delta Star Radio of Florida Inc.

Att: Alan McCall

2625 Doll Place

Tallahassee, FL 32311-5324 

 

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 WJJD of today was developed by Tallahassee radio veteran Alan McCall, founder of Delta Star Radio of Florida, Inc., a Florida nonprofit corporation. It began as a thought to "bring back the hometown country giant sound." Several call letters were considered, but it was after a radio colleague mentioned "WJJD" as a country station that many people would remember that the station began to take shape.

Locating the WJJD jingles and the other station IDs you hear was not easy. It took several months of searching before I finally was able to purchase them.

The Internet stream originally began as Christian-formatted "Delta Star Radio" in July of 2001, but the format was changed to country with the 'JJD brand on July 27, 2003.

Delta Star Radio continues to own and operate WJJD. Delta Star Radio is nonprofit, but is not a 501(c)3. 

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.

CONTACT US

You are welcome to write us anytime:

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 radio station ever!

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New Sunday Night Program! 

Due to the ever-increasing number of requests that we receive on a regular basis, a new program called the "Sunday Night Request Show" airs on Sundays at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, following the Christian countdown. The program will incorporate email requests, some of the songs from our Top 20 chart, and forgotten oldies that I have come across during the week.

Got a favorite song or artist that you have not heard? Email me your requests and song suggestions..and if I can find it, we'll play it!

 

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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? 

*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! 

 

WJJD Radio is a service of Delta Star Radio of Florida, Inc. WJJD's programming is also carried locally on AM 1610, our Part 15 AM station.



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