WJNS-FM

{{Short description|Radio station in Bentonia–Jackson, Mississippi}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WJNS-FM
| logo             =
| logo_size        = 
| city             = [[Bentonia, Mississippi]]
| area             = [[Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi|Jackson metropolitan area]]
| branding         = SonLife Radio
| airdate          = December 13, [[1968 in radio|1968]]<ref name="BCYearbook1970">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/B%20Radio%20All%20BC%20YB%201970%20All-3.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1970]''. [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]. 1970. p. B-116. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref>
| frequency        = 92.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| format           = [[Christian radio]]
| power            = 
| erp              = 4,800 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|111.3|m|sp=us}}
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 72816
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| callsign_meaning = 
| former_callsigns = 
| owner            = Family Worship Center Church, Inc.
| licensee         = 
| sister_stations  = 
| webcast          = {{listenlive|http://sonlifetv.com/listen.html}}
| website          = {{url|http://sonlifetv.com/}}
| affiliations     = SonLife Radio Network 
}}

'''WJNS-FM''' (92.1 [[MHz]]) is a [[Christian radio]] [[radio station|station]] licensed to [[Bentonia, Mississippi]], and serving the [[Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi|Jackson metropolitan area]]. WJNS-FM is owned and operated by Family Worship Center Church, Inc.<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WJNS FM Query Results: WJNS-FM], fcc.gov. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref>

==History==
The station began broadcasting on December 13, 1968, and was originally licensed to [[Yazoo City, Mississippi]].<ref name="BCYearbook1970"/><ref name="HistoryCards">[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=81573 History Cards for WJNS-FM], fcc.gov. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref> The station was owned by Gateway Broadcasting, with State Representative Joel Netherland owning controlling interest.<ref name="HistoryCards"/><ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/09/us/mississippi-lawmaker-is-killed-by-gunshot.html Mississippi Lawmaker Is Killed by Gunshot]", [[Associated Press]]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. August 9, 1992. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref><ref name="BC5983">"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1983/BC-1983-05-09.pdf Ownership changes]", ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]''. May 9, 1983. p. 78. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref><ref name="BC42588">"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1988/BC-1988-04-25.pdf Changing Hands]", ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]''. April 25, 1988. p. 72. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref> The station primarily aired [[country music]] through the 1980s.<ref name="BCYearbook1970"/><ref name="BCYearbook1975">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1975/C%201%201975%20Radio.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1975]''. [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]. 1975. p. C-107. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref><ref name="BCYearbook1981">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1981/C%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20ALL.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1981]''. [[Broadcasting & Cable]]. 1981. p. C-133. Retrieved May 17, 2019.</ref><ref name="BCYearbook1988">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1988/B-Radio-1988-YB.pdf Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988]''. [[Broadcasting & Cable]]. 1988. p. B-161. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref>

In 1988, the station was sold to St. Pe' Broadcasting for $312,500.<ref name="BC42588"/> St. Pe' was owned by Edward and Debbie St. Pe'.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31810680/|work=Yazoo Herald|date=June 8, 1988|title=After 20 years, Netherland gives final sign-off on WJNS-FM radio station|first=Debbie|last=Montgomery|page=1|accessdate=May 21, 2019}}</ref> By the early 1990s, the station had adopted a [[Contemporary hit radio|contemporary hits]] format.<ref name="BCYearbook1991">''[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1991/B-Radio-All-1991-B&W-3.pdf The Broadcasting Yearbook 1991]''. [[Broadcasting & Cable]]. 1991. p. B-187. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref><ref name="MStreet21891">"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1991-02.pdf Format Changes]", ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 8, No. 7. February 18, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref><ref name="BB3291">Ross, Sean; Rosen, Craig; Stark, Phyllis. "[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-03-02.pdf Vox Jox]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. March 2, 1991. p. 14. Retrieved March 18, 2019.</ref> In early 1991, the station switched to an [[oldies]] format, but in the summer of that year it returned to a country music format.<ref name="MStreet21891"/><ref name="BB3291"/><ref>"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1991-07.pdf Format Changes]", ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 8, No. 30. July 29, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref> In 1992, the station adopted a [[Gospel music]] format.<ref>"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1992-09.pdf Format Changes]", ''The M Street Journal''. Vol. 9, No. 37. September 16, 1992. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2019.</ref>

In 1993, the station was sold to Bishop Levi E. Willis's Willis Broadcasting.<ref>"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1993/BC-1993-08-09.pdf Changing Hands]", ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]''. August 9, 1993. p. 42. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref><ref name="RBRcloth">{{cite news |url=http://www.rbrepaper.com/epaper/pages/april03/03-82_3m1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040323203501/http://www.rbrepaper.com/epaper/pages/april03/03-82_3m1.html|title=Station goes from one man of the cloth to another|work=Radio Business Report |archive-date=March 23, 2004 |accessdate=May 18, 2019 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2004, the station was sold to [[Jimmy Swaggart]]'s Family Worship Center for $350,000.<ref name="RBRcloth"/>

In 2007, the station was granted a construction permit to move from Yazoo City to Bentonia.<ref>"[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101190362&qnum=5350&copynum=1&exhcnum=1 City of License Change Review]", fcc.gov. June 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/comment.pl?Application_id=1190362&File_number=BPED-20070611AKN Public Notice Comment – BPED-20070611AKN], fcc.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref> WJNS-FM's tower was destroyed by [[Hurricane Ike]] on September 13, 2008, and was off the air for several months afterwards.<ref name="STA5609">"[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=12135 WJNS-FM Bentonia, Mississippi Facility Identification Number: 72816 Special Temporary Authority]", fcc.gov. May 6, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2019.</ref> In spring 2009, the station returned to the air from its new facilities in Bentonia.<ref name="STA5609"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{FM station data|WJNS}}

{{Jackson MS Radio}}
{{Religious Radio Stations in Mississippi}}

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