WSJM (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = WSJM


city = St. Joseph, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WSJM&service=AM&status=L&hours=U]
branding = News/Talk 1400
slogan =
airdate = 1956
frequency = 1400 kHz
format = News-Talk-Sports
power = 880 watts
erp =
class = C
callsign_meaning = St. Joseph, Michigan
former_callsigns =
owner = Mid-West Family Broadcast Group
sister_stations = WCSY, WCXT, WHIT, WIRX, WSJM-FM, WYTZ
webcast =
website = [http://www.wsjm.com/ http://www.wsjm.com/]
affiliations =

WSJM (1400 AM, "NewsTalk 1400") is a radio station broadcasting a news-talk format. Licensed to St. Joseph, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1956.

Prior to its current News/Talk format, WSJM was a Full-Service Adult Contemporary radio station, with a mixture of pop and oldies music, local personalities, network and local newscasts, evening talk programming (Bruce Williams and Larry King) and play-by-play sports. For many years, the station's slogan was "The Spirit of the Southwest."

Before WSJM's 1984 format change to Full-Service A/C, it had a country music format called "The Best in the Country." WSJM started simulcasting on 94.9 FM in early 2008. "The Coast", which had been on that frequency, then moved to 98.3 FM. The WCSY call letters were moved from 98.3 FM to 103.7 FM as part of this three station swap. The WSJM-FM call sign were temporarily placed on 98.3 FM until all moves were complete. "The Coast" changed call letters a few weeks later from "WCNF" to "WCXT".

Present & Past WSJM Personalities

"Present:"

* Pat Moody ("Moody in the Morning") -- longtime morning host
* Brenda Layne
* Phil McDonald
* Jim Gifford
* Annette Weston
* Matt Orlando
* Andrew Green
* John Jay

"Past:"

* Bob DeWitt
* Rich Jones
* Jon King
* Michael Jay
* Greg Foster
* Frank Shaw
* Scott Schwartz
* Bruce Block
* Spencer Rivers
* Pat Batchellor
* Joe Borenstein

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-s/wsjm.html Michiguide.com - WSJM History]

External links

*AMQ|WSJM