WALJ Northport and WFAZ Goodwater sign on

Alabama's newest FM signals have hit the airwaves.  First is WALJ Northport, owned by former market owner Apex Broadcasting.  It's being leased to Cox and is running their "Jamz" urban contemporary format to compliment 95-7 Jamz in Birmingham.  For years, Jamz broadcast from a tower site halfway between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham and enjoyed good ratings in both markets, but that ended when Jamz relicensed to Midfield from a site on Ishkooda Mountain closer to town (and the target demographics).  This sign on has been extensively covered already, so we'll move on to another property…

…and that is WFAZ in Goodwater, licensed to the First Assembly of God church in Ashland.  It transmits 6 kW from a site halfway between Ashland and Goodwater in east central Alabama, and appears to be at least partly locally-programmed.  Going by "Vision 90.9", the station is currently airing CCM, or Christian Contemporary Music.