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WJRS

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ERP
  
2,000 watts

Class
  
A

Frequency
  
104.9 MHz

Format
  
Country music

Affiliation
  
Jones Radio Networks

HAAT
  
110 metres (360 ft)

Facility ID
  
36305

City of license
  
Jamestown

Branding
  
Laker Country

Sister station
  
WJKY

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Broadcast area
  
Jamestown/Russell Springs, Kentucky Columbia, Kentucky Somerset/Lake Cumberland area

First air date
  
September 3, 1966; 50 years ago (1966-09-03)

Owner
  
Lake Cumberland Broadcasters

WJRS (104.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format that is licensed to Jamestown, Kentucky, and serving the Jamestown/Russell Springs area in Russell County, Kentucky. The station is currently owned by Lake Cumberland Broadcasters, LLC, which also owns WJKY. The two stations share broadcast facilities and transmitting tower at 2804 South US 127 on the south side of Russell Springs.

WJRS features programming from Westwood One.

History

The station signed on the air on September 3, 1966, and it has been broadcasting a country music format ever since.

WJKY simulcasted the FM station's signal until sometime in the 2000s, when the AM station became an ESPN Radio affiliate.

References

WJRS Wikipedia