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WJMF LP

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Branding
  
EZ 87.7

Affiliations
  
independent

Former callsigns
  
W53BO (1997-2001)

Channels
  
Analog: 6 (VHF)

Sister station(s)
  
WFQY

Owner
  
Robco LLC (Kid's Television, LLC)

WJMF-LP is a low-power television station in Jackson, Mississippi. The station, which currently operates on Channel 6, is owned by Rainey Radio. The station currently acts as a radio station broadcasting a Oldies & Classic Hits format as EZ 87.7, taking advantage of that station's audio signal on 87.75 MHz FM.

WJMF was previously an affiliate of the Spanish language Univision network, rebroadcasting a satellite feed of KUOK Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a former sister station under Equity Media Holdings; consequently, WJMF was Univision's sole affiliate in Mississippi, as well as the state's only Spanish-language TV station in general. WJMF even broadcast KUOK station identifications and Oklahoma ads.

It was originally announced that WJMF would become a LAT TV affiliate. However, Equity placed LAT TV on co-owned WJXF-LP instead. (That station would later switch to Equity's Retro Jams network, before closing down in 2010.)

WJMF was sold at auction to Rainey Radio on April 16, 2009; this separated it from KUOK, which was sold to Tyler Media. The sale closed on July 10, 2009. In early 2011, WJMF-LP was relocated to channel 6, when it was relaunched as a radio station, "EZ 87.7".

In June 2015, a Saturday evening request show was added to the station. The name of its host is Gearshift Gary.

References

WJMF-LP Wikipedia