WSOS-FM

WSOS-FM is commercial FM radio station that broadcasts to the Jacksonville, Florida area on 94.1 MHz. The station is licensed in Fruit Cove to Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.[2] It is branded as Jax Country and broadcasts a classic country format exclusive on WSOS-FM. WSOS-FM covers the southern parts of the Jacksonville metropolitan area. Studios are in the Southside district of Jacksonville, and the transmitter tower is in Fruit Cove.

WSOS-FM
CityFruit Cove, Florida
Broadcast areaJacksonville metropolitan area
Frequency94.1 MHz
BrandingJax Country 94.1
SloganJacksonville's REAL Country
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatClassic country
Ownership
OwnerNancy Epperson
(Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation)
WBOB, WMUV
History
First air date
1991 (as WSOS)
Former call signs
WMKM (September 21, 1981-March 19, 1985, CP)
WSOS (March 19, 1985-September 3, 2002)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID74071
ClassC3
ERP5,500 watts
HAAT154 meters (505 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
30°4′8″N 81°38′50″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitejaxcountry.com

History

WSOS-FM went on the air on 105.5 MHz as WMKM, licensed to St. Augustine, Florida. Its original construction permit was filed on August 10, 1981.[3] WMKM changed callsigns on March 19, 1985 to WSOS & on September 3, 2002 became WSOS-FM with the acquisition of 1170/WKLN (which took the WSOS callsign). By the time WSOS-FM was sold to Renda Broadcasting in 2005, it was running an adult contemporary format as "The Muuusic Station".[4] Under Renda's ownership, the community of license was changed from St. Augustine to Fruit Cove, to better serve the Jacksonville market. The signal still originated in St. Augustine until March 9, 2011, when it switched formats from soft adult contemporary to classic rock.[5] On April 5, 2016 WSOS-FM changed their format from a simulcast of contemporary Christian-formatted WMUV 100.7 FM Brunswick, Georgia to a simulcast of talk-formatted WBOB 600 AM Jacksonville, Florida.[6] On May 23, 2018, switched from a simulcast of talk formatted WBOB to simulcast of classic country-formatted WYKB 105.3 FM Fernandina Beach, branded as "Jax Country".[7] In January 2020 Jax Country became exclusively on WSOS-FM.

Previous logos

References
  1. WSOS-FM's callsign history
  2. Renda sells two of its four Jacksonville Stations. Radio Insight.
  3. Original construction permit. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  4. St. Augustine Record; January 5, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  5. WSOS 94.1 FM swaps format to classic rock. The Florida-Times Union; March 9, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  6. Jacksonville's Answer Gets Promised FM Signal Radioinight - April 5, 2016
  7. Jax Country Moves to 94.1 in Jacksonville Radioinsight - May 23, 2018
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