City Gainesville, Florida Branding Smooth Jazz 98.9 First air date May 31, 1962 (as WPUP) | Broadcast area Gainesville, Florida Frequency 1390 kHz | |
Translator(s) 98.9 W255CV (Gainesville) | ||
WAJD (1390 AM) is a silent radio station. The station is currently owned by Gillen Broadcasting Corporation.
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1962
Originally country WPUP, what is now WAJD first signed on on May 31.
1963
WPUP is sold to WUWU Radio, Inc. which changes the callsign to WUWU adopting the "Woo-Woo" name but retaining the country format.
1971
WUWU is sold to Olivia broadcasting which changes the callsign to WAKA and flips its format to beautiful music adopting the slogan "AM 1390, The Only One To Turn To."
1973
WAKA becomes a Top 40/Oldies hybrid.
1974
WAKA flips back to beautiful music.
1978
WAKA is sold to Nabco, Inc. and calling itself 14K, the station modifies its format slightly to Middle Of the Road (MOR).
1980
WAKA flips formats again to Top 40/New Wave.
1981
WAKA becomes adult contemporary WKGR under new owners, Kent Gainesville Radio.
1983
WKGR is sold to the Sunshine Wireless company which changes calls to WMGI "Magic 1390" with a Jazz/Urban Contemporary format. Sunshine already owned WYKS and added WKGR to have an A.M. station in the market.
1986
1390 once again becomes country & taking the WDVH calls after the format & calls leave 980 kHz (which became WLUS).
1987
1390 is sold to the current owner, Gillen Broadcasting with WYKS for $1.9 million. 1390's callsign changes finally settle down with it becoming the current WAJD with a Top 40 format only to flip formats again that same year to all news "Newsradio 1390".
1988
WAJD adopts a heavy metal format.
1990
WAJD simulcasts WYKS.
2001
WAJD flips to the Radio Disney format.
2009
WAJD goes silent on July 7.
2010
WAJD back on the air with Motown & classic R&B hits.
2013
WAJD changes its format from urban oldies to talk.
2014
WAJD is once again silent.
2015
WAJD returns to the air with talk.
2016
WAJD changes format from talk to smooth jazz.