WMJD
Encyclopedia
WMJD is a Classic Country
, Americana
, Bluegrass
and Southern Gospel
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Grundy, Virginia
, serving Grundy
and Buchanan County, Virginia
. WMJD is owned and operated by Peggy Sue Broadcasting Corporation.
at the top of every hour. WMJD carried Paul Harvey
's "News & Comment" program in the morning and midday, along with "The Rest of the Story" in the afternoons up until Harvey's death.
WMJD carries the entire schedule of Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Craftsman Truck Series
races from MRN Radio and PRN Radio
. WMJD also carries all of the talk/news programs from MRN and PRN as well, including "NASCAR Live".
swapped frequencies, with WRIC moving to 97.7, a frequency that WMJD had been at since the station went on the air.
Classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...
, Americana
Americana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
, Bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
and Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Grundy, Virginia
Grundy, Virginia
Grundy is a town in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,105 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Buchanan County. The town is noted for its educational institutions and their role in the town's economic rebirth. In the past, the town served as a stopover for Union...
, serving Grundy
Grundy, Virginia
Grundy is a town in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,105 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Buchanan County. The town is noted for its educational institutions and their role in the town's economic rebirth. In the past, the town served as a stopover for Union...
and Buchanan County, Virginia
Buchanan County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 26,978 people, 10,464 households, and 7,900 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 11,887 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...
. WMJD is owned and operated by Peggy Sue Broadcasting Corporation.
Programming
WMJD carries ABC Radio NewsABC News Radio
ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC News, a division of the ABC Television Network. Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds, through Cumulus Media Networks, newscasts on the hour to its more than 2,000 affiliates...
at the top of every hour. WMJD carried Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey Aurandt , better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. His listening audience was estimated, at...
's "News & Comment" program in the morning and midday, along with "The Rest of the Story" in the afternoons up until Harvey's death.
WMJD carries the entire schedule of Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Craftsman Truck Series
Craftsman Truck Series
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing...
races from MRN Radio and PRN Radio
Performance Racing Network
The Performance Racing Network is a radio network controlled by Speedway Motorsports, Inc..Performance Racing Network broadcasts all NASCAR-sanctioned Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series events held at Speedway Motorsports-controlled tracks which include Atlanta, Bristol, Infineon, Las Vegas,...
. WMJD also carries all of the talk/news programs from MRN and PRN as well, including "NASCAR Live".
Frequency Change
On July 27, 2005, WMJD and sister WRICWRIC-FM
WRIC-FM is an Adult Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richlands, Virginia, serving the Richlands/Grundy/Lebanon area. WRIC-FM is owned and operated by RR & WT Broadcasting, Inc.-History:...
swapped frequencies, with WRIC moving to 97.7, a frequency that WMJD had been at since the station went on the air.