City Pearl, Mississippi Branding "NewsTalk 1180" | Broadcast area Jackson, Mississippi Format News/Talk | |
Frequency 1180 (kHz)
103.3 (MHz, nights) Power 50,000 Watts daytime
10,000 watts critical hours
500 watts night | ||
WJNT (1180 AM) is a radio station licensed to Pearl, Mississippi. WJNT is currently owned by Alpha Media through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC and its sister stations are WJMI, WKXI-FM, WOAD, WRKS, and WJQS. All six stations have shared studios which are located in Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson, while the transmitter tower for WJNT is located in Pearl.
WJNT broadcasts a News/Talk format with mostly syndicated talk shows such as Brian Kilmeade, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, and Jerry Doyle. WJNT operates at 50,000 Watts during the day, 10,000 Watts during critical hours and 500 Watts at night.
FM signal
WJNT also operates at night on WJNT-FM1 103.3, a 500 watt nighttime-only FM booster.
WJNT was granted permission for the FM booster due to massive nighttime interference by Cuban stations on 1180 AM, and has been operating a nighttime-only FM booster under special temporary authority from the FCC since December 20, 1999. [1]