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KWWJ
Baytown, Texas;
Broadcast area	Greater Houston
Frequency	1360 kHz
Branding	Gospel 1360 KWWJ
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Urban contemporary gospel
Ownership
Owner	Salt of the Earth Broadcasting (Darrell Martin interests)
History
First air date	October 1947; 77 years ago
Former call signs	KREL (1948-1959) ; KWBA(1959-1974) ; KBUK (1974-1988)
Call sign meaning	Keep Walking With Jesus (station slogan)
Technical information
Facility ID	58724
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day; 1,000 Watts night
Transmitter coordinates	29°46′28″N 95°0′55″W / 29.77444°N 95.01528°W
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.kwwj.org

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KWWJ (1360 AM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Baytown, Texas, and serving Greater Houston. It airs an urban contemporary gospel radio format, and is owned by Salt of the Earth Broadcasting. The station is branded as Gospel 1360 KWWJ.

By day, KWWJ transmits with 5,000 watts, but to protect other stations on AM 1360, it reduces power to 1,000 watts at night. It also has a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission to change its nighttime power to 800 watts.^[1] The transmitter and studios are on Wade Road and Decker Road (Loop 330) in Baytown.^[2]

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Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
K245CQ	96.9 FM	Houston, Texas	86982	250	199 m (653 ft)	D	29°42′24.8″N 95°23′17.8″W / 29.706889°N 95.388278°W / 29.706889; -95.388278	LMS

History

In October 1947, the station signed on as KREL.^[3] It was owned by Tri-Cities Broadcasting. The studio building, transmitter building, and three-tower array for "'Gospel 1360 KWWJ"' are all original to the 1360 facility.

San Diego radio investor Jack O. Gross owned the station as KBUK in the 1970s and early 1980s. His estate sold it after his death in 1985.^[4]

In 1988, the station was acquired by current owner Salt of The Earth Broadcasting.^[5] In 2017, KWWJ began broadcasting on its FM translator at 96.9 MHz. On March 3, 2018, 1360 celebrated its 70th year of operation from the original location on Decker Rd. & Loop 330 in Baytown, Texas.

References

External links

Official website
Facility details for Facility ID KWWJ ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[1] FCC.com/KWWJ

[2] Radio-Locator.com/KWWJ

[3] Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 285

[4] ttps://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-09-16.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[5] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-515

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 | city             = [[Baytown, Texas]]
 | area             = [[Template:Houston Radio|Greater Houston]]
-| branding         = ''Gospel 96.9 & 1360 KWWJ''
+| branding         = ''Gospel 1360 KWWJ''
-| airdate          = '''1360''': {{Start date and age|1947|10}}<br /> '''96.9''': July 28, 2017
+| airdate          = {{Start date and age|1947|10}}
 | frequency        = {{Frequency|1360|[[kHz]]}}
-| translator       = 96.9 K245CQ (Houston)
+| translator       =
 | format           = [[Urban contemporary gospel|Urban contemporary gospel]]
 | language         = [[American English|English]]
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 | facility_id      = 58724
 | coordinates      = {{coord|29|46|28|N| 95|0|55|W|region:US_type:landmark}}
-| callsign_meaning = '''K'''eep '''W'''alking '''W'''ith '''J'''esus
+| callsign_meaning = ''Keep Walking With Jesus (station slogan)
 | former_callsigns = KREL (1948-1959) <br />KWBA(1959-1974) <br />KBUK (1974-1988)
 | owner            = Salt of the Earth Broadcasting (Darrell Martin interests)
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-'''KWWJ''' (1360 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a non-[[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Baytown, Texas]], and serving [[Greater Houston]].  It airs an [[urban contemporary gospel]] [[radio format]], and is owned by Salt of the Earth Broadcasting.  The station is branded as ''Gospel 96.9 & 1360 KWWJ''.
+'''KWWJ''' (1360 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a non-[[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Baytown, Texas]], and serving [[Greater Houston]].  It airs an [[urban contemporary gospel]] [[radio format]], and is owned by Salt of the Earth Broadcasting.  The station is branded as ''Gospel 1360 KWWJ''.
-By day, KWWJ transmits with 5,000 [[watt]]s, but to protect other stations on [[AM 1360]], it reduces power to 1,000 watts at night.  It also has a [[construction permit]] from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] to change its nighttime power to 800 watts.<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=kwwj&arn=&state=&city=&freq=530&fre2=1700&type=0&facid=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.com/KWWJ]</ref>  The [[transmitter]] and [[radio studio|studio]]s are on Wade Road and Decker Road (Loop 330) in Baytown.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=kWwj&nav= Radio-Locator.com/KWWJ]</ref>  Programming is also heard on an [[FM translator]], '''K245CQ''' at 96.9 [[Hertz|MHz]].
+By day, KWWJ transmits with 5,000 [[watt]]s, but to protect other stations on [[AM 1360]], it reduces power to 1,000 watts at night.  It also has a [[construction permit]] from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] to change its nighttime power to 800 watts.<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=kwwj&arn=&state=&city=&freq=530&fre2=1700&type=0&facid=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.com/KWWJ]</ref>  The [[transmitter]] and [[radio studio|studio]]s are on Wade Road and Decker Road (Loop 330) in Baytown.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=kWwj&nav= Radio-Locator.com/KWWJ]</ref>
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