Wajd

WAJD (Urdu: وجد , literal English translation: "Ecstasy"), derived from Wujud, is a Pakistani rock (music) band which gained popularity with their song Jeena Chahta Hoon (released in 2006), also included on their debut album Toofan-e-Munn (released in July 2010) by Fire Records. WAJD is the only featured artist, whose all videos (all five of them) have been featured and promoted by GeoTV- Pakistan's most selling news paper group and most famous online TV news channel. This is mainly due to the political, patriotic and social content that the band produces during the song writing process. On numerous occasions, the band has shared their Sufi experiences, ideas behind the mystic poetry, and soulful song-writing ideology during the TV, radio and news paper interviews, such as, band's latest interview at Rohi TV. During band's early days Pakmusic partnered with the band for web promotions and releases.

Music

While the band was recording the song Toofan-e-Munn, it was decided to name the album after this song. Soon after this song the entire album was completed and sent to Fire Records - one of the biggest record labels in Pakistan. The album was reviewed and accepted by Fire Records and the band signed the deal with them in 2008. The album was delayed due to certain reasons and was finally released in July 2010 followed by the launching of Toofan-e-Munn Video. Since the album was now the property of Fire Records, they chose their own Fire Records' employee/in-house director Asad Pathan to direct the video. Both the album and video received positive responses from the market. The album name is also spelled as "Toofan-e-Mann" at several websites.

WAJD

WAJD (1390 AM) is a silent radio station. The station is currently owned by Gillen Broadcasting Corporation.

History

1960s

1962

Originally country WPUP, what is now WAJD first signed on on May 31.

1963

WPUP is sold to WUWU Radio, Inc. which changes the callsign to WUWU adopting the "Woo-Woo" name but retaining the country format.

1970s

1971

WUWU is sold to Olivia broadcasting which changes the callsign to WAKA and flips its format to beautiful music adopting the slogan "AM 1390, The Only One To Turn To."

1973

WAKA becomes a Top 40/Oldies hybrid.

1974

WAKA flips back to beautiful music.

1978

WAKA is sold to Nabco, Inc. and calling itself 14K, the station modifies its format slightly to Middle Of the Road (MOR).

1980s

1980

WAKA flips formats again to Top 40/New Wave.

1981

WAKA becomes adult contemporary WKGR under new owners, Kent Gainesville Radio.

1983

WKGR is sold to the Sunshine Wireless company which changes calls to WMGI "Magic 1390" with a Jazz/Urban Contemporary format. Sunshine already owned WYKS and added WKGR to have an A.M. station in the market.