First air date 1986 HAAT 121 meters Owner Radio Training Network City of license Bradenton Branding The JOY FM Sister station KWFC | ERP 100,000 watts Class C1 Frequency 88.1 FM Area Sarasota, Bradenton Slogan Helping You Find JOY | |
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Broadcast area Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida Format Christian radio, Adult contemporary music | ||
WJIS 88.1 FM, known on air as The JOY FM, is a family friendly station with strong Christian influences (calling its programming Christian AC) serving North, Central and Southwest Florida including the Sarasota/Bradenton & Tampa Bay area and is owned by the Radio Training Network.
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Network
During most of 2013, WJIS was also simulcasted on 91.7 WFTI-FM in St. Petersburg; that station would cease operations in fall 2013, to allow for upgrades of adjacent channel WCIE and co-channel WJFH.
The Radio Training Network also has The Joy FM-branded stations in Dothan, Alabama (WIZB) and Atlanta, Georgia (WVFJ-FM), though these stations do not repeat WJIS.
HD radio
WCIE and WJIS broadcasts in the HD Radio format. On HD2, the station has The JOY FM Praise, a channel that features exclusively Christian praise songs. On HD3, the station has Lightforce Radio, a progressive youth music channel. Both can be listened to online or via The JOY FM phone app.
Translators
In addition to the full-powered stations, The Joy FM is relayed by an additional four low-powered translators:
Two of its translators are leased out to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) to rebroadcast their stations: