am 1490 slogan the talk of chattanooga frequency 1490 khz format news talk power 1 000 watts unlimited class c facility id 31861 transmitter coordinates 35 3 7.00 n 85 16 24.00 w 35.0519444 n 85.2733333 w 35.0519444 ; 85.2733333 coordinates 35 3 7.00 n 85 16 24.00 w 35.0519444 n 85.2733333 w 35.0519444 ; 85.2733333 owner sarah margarett fryar webcast listen live website wjoc.com wjoc the talk of chattanooga 1490 am am 1490 is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format . 1 licensed to chattanooga tennessee usa the station serves the chattanooga area . the station is currently owned by sarah margarett fryar . 2 the station was wdxb from 1948 1989 . in the 1960s through the early 1980s it was one of chattanooga s most popular top 40 stations and featured popular personalities chickamauga charlie or chicky poo who later went to wgow and johnny walker who later went to wkgn in knoxville . in the 80 s it aired multiple formats to try to stay relevant in the market which was already dominated by fm everything from country to punk rock even blues was heard on the station during this time . in 1989 the owners finally gave up and they sold to the station to chattanooga lookouts play by play announcer larry ward . under larry s direction the station became wjoc chattanooga s first all sports station . however the station was short lived and in 1993 wjoc was sold to its current owner and adopted its current talk radio religious format . the studios are now located on rossville blvd in rossville ga. history of call letters edit the call letters wjoc previously belonged to an am station in jamestown new york . it began broadcasting january 26 1948 on 1470 khz with 1 kw power daytime . 3 references edit station information profile . arbitron . winter 2010 . retrieved 2010 02 22 . wjoc facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved 2010 02 22 . wjoc in operation at jamestown n.y. pdf . broadcasting . february 16 1948 . retrieved 8 november 2014 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wjoc radio locator information on wjoc query nielsen audio s am station database for wjoc v t e chattanooga tennessee radio stations by fm frequency 88.1 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.1 93.5 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.3 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.3 100.7 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.7 105.1 105.5 106.5 107.9 by am frequency 980 1070 1110 1150 1260 1280 1370 1420 1450 1490 1590 by callsign waak lp walv fm wbdx wdef wdef fm wdnt wdod fm wdyn wfli wgow wgow fm wjbp wjoc wjtt wkwn wkxj wlmr wlnd wmbw wmpz wngh fm wnoo woce wogt wplz wqch wqmt wrxr fm wsaa wskz wsmc fm wuat wusy wutc wuuq wybk defunct stations wdod am 1310 tennessee radio markets chattanooga jackson johnson city kingsport bristol knoxville memphis nashville other tennessee radio regions clarksville cookeville see also list of radio stations in tennessee this tennessee radio station related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wjoc & oldid 700160206 categories religious radio stations in the united statesradio stations in chattanooga tennesseeradio stations in tennesseetennessee radio station stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 january 2016 at 19 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view