WZTQ

WZTQ (1560 AM, "Joy Christian Radio") was a radio station licensed to serve Centre, Alabama. The station was owned by Joy Christian Communications, Inc. It aired a Southern Gospel music format.[2]

For the Hanceville, Alabama radio station that held the call sign WLYG at 1170 AM from 2007 to 2009, see WQHC.
WZTQ
CityCentre, Alabama
Frequency1560 kHz
BrandingJoy Christian Radio
Programming
FormatDefunct, was Southern Gospel
Ownership
OwnerJoy Christian Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
November 9, 1962
Former call signs
WAGC (1962-2003)
WZTQ (2003-2007)
WLYJ (2007-2012)
WZTQ (2012-2013)
WLYG (2013-2014)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID54521
ClassD
Power1,000 watts (day only)
Transmitter coordinates
34°07′41″N 85°38′27″W

History

This station signed on as WAGC, a 1,000 watt daytime-only AM station broadcasting at 1560 kHz under the ownership of Radio Centre, Inc.[3] The station signed on with a country & western music format which it maintained throughout the remainder of the 1960s and all of the 1970s.[4]

In August 2003, Radio Centre, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WAGC to Joy Christian Communications, Inc.[5] As part of the deal, they had the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) change the station's callsign to WZTQ on September 12, 2003.[1] The sale was approved by the FCC on November 24, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on December 1, 2003.[5]

This station was assigned the WLYJ call letters by the FCC on September 17, 2007, when it swapped with then-sister station WZTQ (now WJLX). It took on the WZTQ call letters again on February 23, 2012[1] On May 16, 2013, the station changed to the WLYG call sign, and back again to the current WZTQ on October 13, 2014. WZTQ's license was surrendered to the FCC by Joy Christian Communications on May 10, 2016, and cancelled by the FCC on June 28, 2016.

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.". 1964 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1964. p. B-4.
  4. "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-3.
  5. "Application Search Details (BAL-20030828AJE)". FCC Media Bureau. December 1, 2003.
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