WJQI

Infobox Radio station
name = WJQI


city = Fort Campbell, Kentucky
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branding = "Joy 1370"
frequency = 1370 kHz
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format = Country Gospel
power =
erp = 1,000 watts day
53 watts night
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class = D
facility_id = 61260
coordinates = coord|36|38|28.00|N|87|26|1.00|W|region:US_type:city
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former_callsigns = WJMR (2001-2003)
WKFN (2003-2005)
owner = Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC
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WJQI (1370 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC and features programing from Salem Communications. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WJQI |title=WJQI Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] Its tower and transmitter located on Stateline Road in Oak Grove, Kentucky immediately outside the main gates of the Ft. Campbell, Kentucky military installation.

History

The station went on the air as WABD in 1968 broadcasting a top-40 station appealing to soldiers and their families on Ft. Campbell. In the late 1970s, album rock moved to WABD FM and the AM became oldies.

The stations were sold in 1986 to Southern Broadcasting of Clarksville, Tennessee, with Tom Cassetty, president and general manager. WABD-FM changed call letters to WCVQ-FM and was upgraded to 100,000 kilowatts with a 950-foot tower and became known as Q-108, a gold-based adult contemporary sound with the urban format moved to the AM. Southern sold the stations to Saga Communications, Inc., the current owner and operator.

Leo Wilson of Hopkinsville helped build the station and Gary L. Latham was president and general manager. In addition to Latham, Shelby McCallum and Kentucky Governor Ned Breathitt were partners in the station, whose call letters stood for "Airborne Division", in honor of the 101st Airborne Division stationed at nearby Ft. Campbell, KY.

Today the station studios and offices are located in Clarksville, Tennessee co-located with WVVR FM 100.3, WCVQ-FM 107.9, WKFN AM 540, WZZP-FM 97.5, AND WEGI-FM 94.3, a cluster of stations know as the 5 Star Radio Group; owned by Saga communications, Inc.

The station changed formats to all country gospel music format January 1, 2008.

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*AM station data|WJQI
Clarksville-Hopkinsville Radio