A couple of moves in Birmingham worth mentioning: Richardson Broadcasting, owner of WJLD 1400 (1 kW fulltime) in Birmingham, have bought WAYE 1220, the long-silent gospel station formerly owned by Bishop Willis. Willis ran into IRS troubles and… well, that's all anyone seems to know. Richardson plans to restart the station on 15 August 2011 as "Praise 1220". The new website is up for the station (linked on the ABMP AM and Birmingham pages). Oddly, there's an advert on the site for HD Radio. Let's pray they're not adding HD to the puny 1 kW (days, 75 watts night) signal of 1220. The HD has been off WJLD for some time.
Continuing with the WJLD news, they've given up their translator at 104.1 (W281AB, 125 watts) to Clear Channel, who is now programming it for WJLD. The new format is hip hop and R&B as "104.1 The Beat", to compete with 95-7 Jamz.
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