WMEJ
| City of license | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Gulfport, Mississippi |
| Branding | La Mejor 1190 |
| Frequency | 1190 kHz |
| Format | Latino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Power | 5000 watts |
| Class | D (daytimer) |
| Facility ID | 25961 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°19′25.7″N 89°21′03.2″W / 30.323806°N 89.350889°WCoordinates: 30°19′25.7″N 89°21′03.2″W / 30.323806°N 89.350889°W (NAD83) |
| Callsign meaning | Mejor |
| Former callsigns | WJZD (AM) (July 2009–June 2010) WBSL (1988–2009) WXGR (?–1988) |
| Owner | Richard L. Mays[1] (Hancock Broadcasting Company) |
| Website | lamejor1190.com |
WMEJ is an daytime-only AM broadcasting station licensed for 5000 watts on 1190 kHz at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi in the Gulfport, Mississippi area. It switched to a Spanish language format in 2010. Before mid-2009, the station had the callsign WBSL used the name "Blues 1190".
The station was established with callsign WXGR until a change to WBSL in December 1988. The station changed callsigns in July 2009 to WJZD and made its latest change to the current WMEJ in June 2010.[2] Hancock Broadcasting Corporation has owned the station throughout its history. The WMEJ callsign was originally assigned to an unrelated station in Monessen, Pennsylvania in 1927.[3]
The station's studio and transmitter were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The station returned to the air with low power in summer 2006 using a portable building and a donated refurbished transmitter, and resumed full power in December 2006.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Mays, Richard L. (2004-01-30). "FCC 323: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations (BOA-20040130BCP)". https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100975244&formid=323&fac_num=25961. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=25961&Callsign=WMEJ.
- ^ Vivian, Cassandra (2002). Monessen: A Typical Steel Country Town. pp. 61. ISBN 9780738523835.
- ^ "Orban Assists Bay St. Louis, MS Station WBSL-AM After Hurricane" (Press release). Orban / Nabro Able LLC. 2007-01-30. http://www.orban.com/about/press/release/2007_0130.php. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WMEJ
- Radio-Locator Information on WMEJ
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WJZD[dated info]
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