WJBZ-FM
Encyclopedia
WJBZ-FM is a radio station
licensed
to serve Seymour, Tennessee
. The station is owned by Seymour Communications. It airs a Southern Gospel
music format.
WJBZ-FM was started by J. Bazell Mull, a preacher and the founder of the Mull Singing Convention program. The station was known for its simulcast of WBIR-TV
newscasts.
The station was assigned the WJBZ-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
on August 28, 1998
.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Seymour, Tennessee
Seymour, Tennessee
Seymour is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Blount and Sevier counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, United States. The CDP population was 8,850 at the 2000 U.S. census...
. The station is owned by Seymour Communications. It airs a Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
music format.
WJBZ-FM was started by J. Bazell Mull, a preacher and the founder of the Mull Singing Convention program. The station was known for its simulcast of WBIR-TV
WBIR-TV
WBIR-TV, channel 10, is the NBC affiliate television station in Knoxville, Tennessee. The station is licensed to the Gannett Pacific Corporation, a subsidiary of the Gannett Company...
newscasts.
The station was assigned the WJBZ-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
on August 28, 1998
1998 in radio
The year 1998 in radio involved some significant events.-Events:*January 2 — A gunman shoots Antario Teodoro Filho, Brazilian politician and radio presenter, during a broadcast.*January 21 - Big 105 debuts playing its AC format...
.