WJGL
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WJGL is a radio station
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...

 broadcasting a Classic Hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

 format. Licensed to Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

, USA, the station serves the Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned by Cox Media Group.

History

The station went on the air as WAIV-FM on August 15, 1980. On January 1st, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WKQL, and carried an oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 format as "Cool 96.9." In January of 2005, the station flipped to a classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

 format (similar to WXGL
WXGL
WXGL, known as "The New 107.3 The Eagle - Tampa Bay's Classic Hits Station", is a Cox-owned radio station located on the FM dial at 107.3 in Tampa, Florida. The station plays classic hits, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, but also the 1990s...

 down in Tampa
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

, heavily based on 1970s rock, with some 1980s songs and a few 1960s songs.]

On-Air Jocks:
Don Garrard
Scott Walker
Jodi Stewart
Matt Ray
Andy Meyer
Chris Rhoads

Program Directors:
Scott Walker (December 2004 - April 2007)
Andy Meyer (April 2007 - October 2010)
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