WJIS
- WCIE (FM) redirects here. For the radio station in Lakeland, Florida that formerly held these calls, see WKES.
City | Bradenton, Florida |
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Broadcast area | Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida |
Branding | "The JOY FM" |
Slogan | "Helping You Find JOY" |
Frequency | 88.1 FM |
First air date | 1986 |
Format | Christian AC |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 121 meters |
Class | C1 |
Owner | Radio Training Network |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | http://florida.thejoyfm.com/index.php |
WJIS 88.1 FM, known on air as The JOY FM, is a family friendly station[1] with strong Christian influences[1] (calling its programming Christian AC) serving North, Central and Southwest Florida including the Sarasota/Bradenton & Tampa Bay area and is owned by the Radio Training Network.
Network
- Bradenton/Sarasota, Florida 88.1 WJIS
- New Port Richey, Florida 91.5 WCIE
- Ocala, Florida 88.1 WHIJ
- Gainesville, Florida 91.7 WJLF
- Crystal River, Florida 90.9 WAQV
- Sebring, Florida 91.7 FM WJFH
- Frostproof, Florida 89.3 WFLJ
During most of 2013, WJIS was also simulcasted on 91.7 WFTI-FM in St. Petersburg; that station would cease operations in fall 2013, to allow for upgrades of adjacent channel WCIE and co-channel WJFH.[2]
The Radio Training Network also has The Joy FM-branded stations in Dothan, Alabama (WIZB) and Atlanta, Georgia (WVFJ-FM), though these stations do not repeat WJIS.
HD radio
WCIE and WJIS broadcasts in the HD Radio format. On HD2, the station has The JOY FM Praise, a channel that features exclusively Christian praise songs. On HD3, the station has Lightforce Radio, a progressive youth music channel. Both can be listened to online or via The JOY FM phone app.
Translators
In addition to the full-powered stations, The Joy FM is relayed by an additional 8 low-powered translators:
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | ERP W | Class | FCC info |
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W254AI | 98.7 | Auburndale, Florida | 250 | D | FCC |
W291AG | 106.1 | Highland City, Florida | 250 | D | FCC |
W208AR | 89.5 | Lake Placid, Florida | 10 | D | FCC |
W242AK | 96.3 | Lakeland, Florida | 250 | D | FCC |
W267BW | 101.3 | Sebring, Florida | 10 | D | FCC |
Two of its translators are leased out to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) to rebroadcast their stations:
- W290BJ 105.9 MHz West Tampa,[3] rebroadcasting WMTX's HD-2 signal; originally leased out to rebroadcast WFLA (AM)[4]
- W237CW 95.3 MHz Pinellas Park, Florida, rebroadcasting WDAE
References
- 1 2 The JOY FM 100% Guarantee page
- ↑ FCC CDSB Application Search for WFTI-FM. Accessed March 5, 2014
- ↑ Query the FCC's FM station database for W290BJ
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times: "WFLA-AM to begin simulcasting on 105.9 FM, raising competition in Tampa Bay area FM talk", May 31, 2012.
External links
- The Joy FM's Official Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WJIS
- Radio-Locator information on WJIS
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WJIS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WCIE
- Radio-Locator information on WCIE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCIE
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WHIJ
- Radio-Locator information on WHIJ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHIJ
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WJLF
- Radio-Locator information on WJLF
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WJLF
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WAQV
- Radio-Locator information on WAQV
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WAQV
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WJFH
- Radio-Locator information on WJFH
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WJFH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WFLJ
- Radio-Locator information on WFLJ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WFLJ
Coordinates: 27°07′55″N 82°23′38″W / 27.132°N 82.394°W