WDJR

WDJR

City	Enterprise, Alabama
Broadcast area	SE Alabama & SW Georgia & Florida Panhandle
Branding	96.9 The Legend
Slogan	Your Home for Great Country Legends
Frequency	96.9 MHz
First air date	August 2, 1979 (as WLHQ)
Format	Classic Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	316 meters (1,037 feet)
Class	C0
Facility ID	25575
Transmitter coordinates	30°55′19″N 85°44′41″W / 30.92194°N 85.74472°W / 30.92194; -85.74472
Former callsigns	WLHQ (1979-1988) WLHQ-FM (1988-1989)
Owner	The Radio People (Gulf South Communications)
Sister stations	WTVY-FM, WKMX, WLDA
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	969thelegend.com

WDJR (96.9 FM, "The Legend") is an American Classic Country formatted radio station based in Dothan, Alabama. The station is owned and operated by Gulf South Communications. The station's signal, which originates from a transmitter in Holmes County Florida, reaches large portions of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.

Programming

WDJR plays adult contemporary music with an emphasis on new music while still playing the older favorites from the 1980s and 1990s. Local hosts include "K.W. & Wendy" on morning drive. Syndicated music programming includes shows hosted by Donnie Osmond (mid-days), Rick Dees (afternoons), and Deliah (evenings). WDJR flipped from country music to adult contemporary on December 26, 2011 and then to classic country in October 2014.

History

In the 1980s, WDJR was known as "The Monster" because of its large coverage area and rock music format. After a brief change to a lite rock format, WDJR flipped to Country music in 1993 by playing the entire Garth Brooks catalog at the time, 3 albums. When interviewed by the Dothan Eagle about the release of the fourth Garth Brooks album, General Manager Hal Edwards was quoted as saying, "Hot Dog! We can increase our song library by 33%!" WDJR was sold to the Holladays in 1992.

As a country station branded as "The Big Dog" until December 2011, WDJR programming included "Joey Dee & Melody" in the morning, Skip Nelson on mid-days, David Sommers in the afternoon, and "Nik at Nyt" on evenings.^[1] Syndicated programming included Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 and America's Grand Ole Opry Weekend from Westwood One.^[2] Some of this staff and programming shifted over to sister station WTVY-FM.

Big Dog branding

After three weeks of Christmas music, WDJR changed their format from country to adult contemporary, branded as "Mix 96.9", on December 26, 2011.

In October 2014 WDJR changed their format to classic country, branded as "96.9 The Legend".

Staff

Notable former staff include Alan Jeffries, Tom Nebel, Mitch English, Jess Bailey, "Super Dave" Strickland, "Big Stew" Sawyers, Ken Carlisle, Jerry Broadway, and Brett Mason.

Technical information

For years WDJR had broadcast from the 2,000-foot (610 m) WTVY-TV tower in Holmes County Florida at the 1,550-foot (470 m) mark. In the spring of 2006, WDJR was forced to move off the WTVY-TV tower in preparation for the high-power DTV transition as the new DTV equipment and WDJR's antenna would exceed the wind-load requirements of the tower. WDJR constructed their own 1,050-foot (320 m) tower just a few hundred yards from WTVY-TV. With the move, WDJR went down in class per Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements. WDJR is now a class C0, full-service FM radio station.

References

↑ "Air Staff". WDJR Country 96.9. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
↑ "America's Grand Ole Opry Weekend". Opry.com. Retrieved April 14, 2009.

External links

The Radio People website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WDJR

Radio-Locator information on WDJR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WDJR

Radio stations serving the Dothan, Alabama area

by AM frequency	560 700 900 1210 1320 1350 1450

by FM frequency	88.7 89.5 90.3 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.1 93.7 94.3 95.5 96.9 97.7 97.9 98.5 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.3 101.7 102.5 103.9 104.9 105.3 106.7

by call sign	W261AT WAGF WAGF-FM WAQG WBBK-FM WCNF WDBT WDJR WDYF WDYG WECB WELB WESP WFSY WGTF WIZB WJJN WJRL-FM WKMX WLDA WOAB WOOF WOOF-FM WOZK WPAP WRWA WTOT-FM WTVY-FM WTXK WVOB WYDK WYYX

Defunct	WCMA (1560 AM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama Panama City Radio

Country radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WAAO-FM – Andalusia WAMI-FM – Opp WAOQ – Brantley WBAM-FM – Montgomery WBMH – Grove Hill WBZR-FM – Atmore WCKA – Jacksonville WCKF – Ashland WDJR – Enterprise/Dothan WDRM – Decatur WDXB – Pelham/Birmingham WDXX – Selma WECB – Headland WEIS – Centre WELB – Elba WELR-FM – Roanoke WERH-FM – Hamilton WFFN – Coaling/Tuscaloosa WFHK – Pell City WFMH-FM – Hackleburg WGOL – Russellville WHMA-FM – Hobson City WHSL – Lisman WINL – Linden WIXI – Jasper WJDB-FM – Thomasville WKDG – Sumiton WKEA-FM – Scottsboro WKGA – Goodwater WKKR – Auburn WKNU – Brewton WKSJ-FM – Mobile WKUL – Cullman WLAY-FM – Littleville WLDX – Fayette WLWI-FM – Montgomery WNPT-FM – Marion WOPP – Opp WPIL – Heflin WPPG – Repton WQAH-FM – Addison WQSB – Albertville WQSI – Tuskegee WQZX – Greenville WRAB – Arab WRMG – Red Bay WSTH-FM – Alexander City WTBC – Tuscaloosa WTDR – Gadsden WTDR-FM – Talladega WTID – Thomaston WTVY-FM – Dothan WTWX-FM – Guntersville WTXT – Fayette/Tuscaloosa WVSA – Vernon WVVL – Elba WWFF – New Market/Huntsville WWIC – Scottsboro WXFL – Florence WZOB – Fort Payne WZRR – Birmingham WZZK-FM – Birmingham

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama

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