WCJK

WCJK is an FM radio station broadcasting to the Nashville, Tennessee market on a frequency of 96.3 MHz. WCJK-FM is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with a power of 39,000 watts to serve the community of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The station's studios are located in south central Nashville near the Tennessee State Fairgrounds arena and the transmitter site is in north Nashville.

History

The 96.3 FM signal came online in Murfreesboro in the 1960s. It was built by a trio of partners named Montlow, Trimm, and Smith along with a sister station at 810 AM, both taking the call letters WMTS after the initials of the owners' surnames. It was by sheer coincidence that the call letters matched the initials of the local college, Middle Tennessee State. The station was sold to Tom Perryman in 1976, and then purchased by local sportscaster and station employee Monte Hale in 1977. Hale changed the call letters to WKOS and branded the station 96 KOS after changing the format to Top 40. Battling cancer, in 1981 Hale sold the AM and FM stations shortly before his death to John McCreery.