City Jackson, Mississippi Branding AM 620 First air date 1929 | Broadcast area Jackson, Mississippi Frequency 620 kHz | |
Slogan Jackson's Talk, News and Sports | ||
WJDX (620 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and licensed to Capstar TX Limited Partnership. It airs a news/talk format.
Mississippi Sports This Morning is AM-620's flagship local program. It has aired during WJDX's morning drive slot without interruption since 1998. It is currently hosted by Doug Colson and Jay White. It is the longest running daily sports talk program in Mississippi radio history.
WJDX also serves as the Jackson home for the New Orleans Saints and NASCAR.
The station was assigned the current WJDX call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on October 9, 1998. According to the FCC, the call letters were WJDS from July 6, 1990 to October 8, 1998. Prior to July 6, 1990 the call letters were WJDX for several years.
On October 3, 2011 WJDX changed their format to news/talk.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, WJDX was a successful Top 40 music station. Prior to that the station had been a conservative MOR music outlet.
Previous logo
(WJDX's logo under previous sports format)