WJXB-FM

{{short description|Radio station in Knoxville, Tennessee}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WJXB-FM | logo = WJXB B97.5 logo.jpg | logo_size = 150px | city = Knoxville, Tennessee | country = US | area = Knoxville Metropolitan Area | branding = B97.5 | rds = | frequency = 97.5 MHz | translator = {{Radio Relay|107.3|W297AX|Knoxville}} | airdate = {{start date|1967|4|10}} | format = Adult contemporary | erp = 100,000 watts | haat = {{convert|395|m|ft|sp=us}} | class = C | facility_id = 61040 | licensing_authority = FCC | coordinates = {{coord|36|0|36.2|N|83|55|56.6|W|type:landmark_region:US-TN|display=inline,title}} | callsign_meaning = Sister station of Nashville's WJXA in both name and format, along with station's bee mascot | former_callsigns = {{ubl|WEZK (1967–1993)|WEZJ-FM (1993–1994)|WJXB (1994–2002)<ref name="fcc1" />}} | affiliations = {{ubl|Premiere Networks|United Stations Radio Networks}} | owner = Midwest Communications | licensee = Midwest Communications, Inc. | sister_stations = {{hlist|WIMZ-FM|WDKW|WNFZ}} | webcast = {{listen live|http://www.b975.com}} | website = {{URL|http://www.b975.com/}} }}

'''WJXB-FM''' (97.5 MHz, "B97.5") is a commercial radio station in Knoxville, Tennessee, airing an adult contemporary radio format.<ref name="arb1">{{cite web |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |access-date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> It is owned by Midwest Communications. B97.5 carries the nationally syndicated call-in and dedication show ''Delilah'' in evenings.<ref>[https://b975.com/on-air/ B975.com/on-air]</ref> The studios, offices and transmitter are on Sharp's Ridge Memorial Park Drive in North Knoxville.<ref>[https://b975.com/contact-us/ B975.com/contact-us]</ref>

WJXB-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most U.S. radio stations. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W297AX at 107.3 FM, which helps improve reception in some parts of Knoxville.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/W297AX-FX Radio-Locator.com/W297AX]</ref>

==History== The station signed on the air on April 10, 1967.<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1971/Section-B-Radio-Broadcasting-Yearbook-1971-11.pdf ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1971'' page B-193. Retrieved Nov. 27, 2025.]</ref> It had a beautiful music format. The original call sign was WEZK, which stood for "Easy Listening in Knoxville". WEZK played quarter-hour sweeps of mostly instrumental soft music, especially cover versions of popular adult songs along with Broadway and Hollywood show tunes, with limited commercials and chatter.

The station was assigned the WJXB-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 21, 2002.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=61040&Callsign=WJXB-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> This was to tie into the success of its long-time sister station in Nashville, WJXA (92.9). WJXA was a similar easy listening station in its early years switching to adult contemporary, and like WJXB, has long lead the market in listenership and is similarly-operated. They both use a bee as their mascot.

Management announced on May 28, 2014, that Midwest Communications would purchase nine of the ten radio stations owned by South Central Communications, including WJXB-FM. With this purchase, Midwest Communications expanded its portfolio of stations to Evansville, Knoxville and Nashville.<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88070/midwest-communications-acquires-south-central/ Midwest Communications Acquires South Central Communications]</ref> The sale was finalized on September 2, 2014, at a price of $72 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southcentralradiogroup.com/ |title=South Central Radio Group |access-date=October 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011081621/http://southcentralradiogroup.com/ |archive-date=October 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Translator== WJXB-FM programming is also carried on an additional broadcast translator station, which due to the area's topography, is used to provide a better signal to listeners and tourists in Sevier County at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

{{RadioTranslators | callsign = WJXB-FM | call1 = W297AX | freq1 = 107.3 | watts1 = 250 | class1 = D | city1 = Knoxville, Tennessee | fid1 = 17782 | coord1 = {{coord|35|48|41.3|N|83|40|7.6|W|type:landmark_region:US-TN|name=W297AX}} }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.b975.com/}} *{{FM station data|743048|WJXB}} *{{FCC-LMS-Facility|17782|W297AX}} *{{FXL|W297AX}}

JXB-FM Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Category:Midwest Communications radio stations Category:Radio stations established in 1967 Category:1967 establishments in Tennessee