WJOC is a radio station that played everything from Country to Punk Rock and even a music genre and musical form originated by who?
WJOC WJOC "The TALK of Chattanooga (1490 AM, "AM 1490") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk format. Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Chattanooga area. The station is currently owned by Sarah Margarett Fryar. The station was WDXB from 1948-1989. In the 1960s through the early 1980s it was one of Chattanooga's most popular Top-40 stations and featured popular personalities Chickamauga Charlie or "Chicky Poo", who later went to WGOW and Johnny Walker who later went to WKGN in Knoxville. In the 80's it aired multiple formats to try to stay relevant in the market which was already dominated by FM, everything from Country to Punk Rock, even Blues was heard on the station during this time. In 1989 the owners finally gave up and they sold to the station to Chattanooga Lookouts play by play announcer Larry Ward. Under Larry's direction the station became WJOC, Chattanooga's first all sports station. However the station was short lived and in 1993 WJOC was sold to its current owner and adopted its current Talk Radio/ Religious format. The studios are now located on Rossville Blvd, in Rossville, GA.
Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in African American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the black experience of the United States, different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".