WJBM explained

WJBM
City:Jerseyville, Illinois
Area:Jersey, Greene, and Calhoun counties
Branding:Real Country 104.7/1480
Frequency:1480 kHz AM
Translator:104.7 MHz (W284DN - Jerseyville, Illinois)
Airdate:June 23, 1960 (first license granted)
Format:Country music
Power:500 watts day
32 watts night
Class:D
Facility Id:23265
Coordinates:39.1128°N -90.3119°W
Owner:Doug Smith
Licensee:GBI Communications, LLC
Sister Stations:WBBA-FM
Website:wjbmradio.com

WJBM (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format.[1] It is licensed to Jerseyville, Illinois, United States. The station is currently owned by Doug Smith, through licensee GBI Communications, LLC.[2]

DJ Two Rivers Radio purchased WJBM in 2003, along with its sister station WBBA-FM, from Brown Radio Group Inc. for $320,000.[3] WJBM broadcast an oldies format at the time of its sale.[3]

Effective March 14, 2022, DJ Two Rivers Radio transferred the licenses of WJBM and WBBA-FM, along with the construction permit for translator W284DN, to Doug Smith's GBI Communications, LLC as settlement of a lawsuit between the two parties.

Current programming

Monday - Friday

12–6am – Real Country

6–8am – Real Country Morning Show w/Alley Ringhausen

8am – 9am – Real Country Morning Show w/Craig Baalman

9am – 10am – RFD Today

10am – 11am – Adams on Agriculture

11am – noon – Real Country

noon – 1pm – Real Country Lunch Break w/Craig Baalman

1–midnight – Real Country

Saturday

12–8am – Real Country

8–9am – Real Country Morning Show Saturday w/Craig Baalman

9–midnight – Real Country

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station Information Profile . Summer 2009 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923211912/http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/sip.do . September 23, 2009 .
  2. Web site: WJBM Facility Record . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  3. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/changing-hands/101175 Changing Hands