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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WJCP
| logo = WJCP-AM 2018.png
| logo_size = 250px
| city = [[North Vernon, Indiana]]
| area = [[Vernon, Indiana]] [[Jennings County, Indiana]]
| branding = ''Classic Hits 97.7 and 1460 WJCP"
| frequency = {{Frequency|[[1460 AM]]|[[kHz]]}}
| translator = 97.7 W249DG (North Vernon)
| airdate = January 8, [[1955 in radio|1955]] (as WOCH)<ref name="LaunchDate"/>
| format = [[Full service (radio format)|Full service]] [[Classic hits]]<ref name="Arbitron"/>
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s daytime 92 [[watt]]s nighttime
| class = D
| facility_id = 61196
| coordinates = {{coord|38|59|46.0|N|85|39|2.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''J'''ennings '''C'''ounty '''P'''anthers<ref name="History1"/>
| former_callsigns = WOCH (1955-1984) WINN (1984-1988) WNVI (1988-1989) WKRP (1989-1997) WNVI (1997-2006)<ref name="CallSign"/>
| affiliations = Brownfield Ag News<ref name="Brownfield"/> [[USA Radio Network|USA Radio News]]
| owner = Keith Reising
| licensee = Jennings County Promotion Partners, LLC
| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{listen live|http://www.wjcpradio.com}}
| website = [http://www.wjcpradio.com/ wjcpradio.com]
}}

'''WJCP''' is a [[Full service (radio format)|full service]] [[classic hits]]-formatted [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[North Vernon, Indiana]], serving [[Vernon, Indiana|Vernon]] and [[Jennings County, Indiana]].<ref name="Arbitron"/> WJCP is owned and operated by Keith Reising, through licensee Jennings County Promotion Partners, LLC.<ref name="FCC"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianaradio.net/stations/61196.html|title = The Indiana Radio Archive | Stations | WJCP}}</ref>

==History==
WJCP was launched on January 8, 1955 as WOCH by Dorrell Ochs.<ref name="LaunchDate"/><ref name="History1"/> Located in the Ochs' family auto supply business in North Vernon, the station was started with the intent of keeping the local community informed and entertained, while broadcasting Christian programming.<ref name="History1"/><ref name="History2"/>

Eventually, the station was bought ARS Broadcasting Corporation and carried a [[Middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]] (MOR) format.<ref name="History3"/> At the time, the station carried the WNVI callsign.<ref name="CallSign"/><ref name="History3"/> WNVI changed its callsign to WKRP on August 17, 1989 and back to WNVI on August 8, 1997.<ref name="CallSign"/> Findlay Publishing Company purchased WNVI and its then FM sister-stations [[WRBI]] and [[WWWY]] for $1.9 million in 1997.<ref name="History3"/> For a time, after the sale, WNVI carried a [[Talk radio|talk]] format, simulcasting then sister-station [[WCSI]].<ref name="History3"/>

Findlay Publishing Company sold WNVI, in a swap for [[WWWY]], to Pieratt Communications, Inc. on November 20, 2001.<ref name="History4"/> With the sale, the simulcast was WCSI ended and WNVI switched to [[Adult Standards]].<ref name="History3"/> In 2003, the station flipped to [[ESPN Radio]]-affiliated sports branded as "ESPN 1460".<ref name="History3"/>

On May 15, 2006, WNVI became WJCP with its callsign standing for '''J'''ennings '''C'''ounty '''P'''anthers, the latter derived from the [[Jennings County High School|county high school]]'s mascot.<ref name="CallSign"/><ref name="History3"/> WJCP was sold to Tom and Diana Taylor on October 17, 2014.<ref name="History5"/> WJCP added [[Broadcast relay station|FM translator]] W249DG, broadcasting on 97.7 FM, on May 9, 2016.<ref name="History3"/> The translator simulcasts WJCP's AM signal on the FM band.<ref name="Translator1"/>

Effective October 10, 2019, Tom and Diana Taylor sold WJCP and translator W249DG to Keith Reising's Jennings County Promotion Partners, LLC for $115,000.

==Translator==
In addition to the main station, WJCP is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.<ref name="Translator2"/> Translator W249DG was originally owned by Greenfield, Indiana-based Indiana Community Radio Corporation.<ref name="Translator3"/> It was subsequently sold as part of a package of stations and translators to New Beginnings Movement, Inc., and then acquired by WJCP owners Tom and Diana Taylor effective June 29, 2018.
{{RadioTranslators
| call1 = W249DG
| freq1 = 97.7
| fid1 = 141722
| watts1 = 250
| haat1 = 57
| class1 = D
| city1 = North Vernon, Indiana
| notes1 =
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="LaunchDate">{{cite book|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D2-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 2010|date=2010|access-date=January 29, 2018|publisher=ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V.|page=D-211}}</ref>
<ref name="Arbitron">{{cite web|url=https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI18&band=am&callLetter=WJCP|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=[[Nielsen Audio]]/[[Nielsen Holdings]]}}</ref>
<ref name="CallSign">{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=61196&Callsign=WJCP|title=Call Sign History|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
<ref name="FCC">{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJCP|title=WJCP Facility Record|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
<ref name="Brownfield">{{cite web|url=https://brownfieldagnews.com/radio-stations/indiana-affiliates/|title=Indiana Affiliates - Brownfield Ag News|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=Brownfield Ag News/[[CME Group]]}}</ref>
<ref name="History1">{{cite web|url=http://wjcpradio.com/about/|title=About Us|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=97.7 FM & 1460 AM WJCP}}</ref>
<ref name="History2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHjs5nrluAAC&pg=PA168|title=Jennings County, Indiana - Pictorial|access-date=January 29, 2018|last=Jennings County Historical Society|date=15 June 1999|publisher=[[Turner Publishing Company]]|page=168|isbn=9781563115219}}</ref>
<ref name="History3">{{cite web|url=http://indianaradio.net/stations/61196.html|title=The Indiana Radio Archive - Stations - WJCP|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=Blaine Thompson/The Indiana Radio Archive}}</ref>
<ref name="History4">{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=100584661&formid=314&fac_num=61196|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|date=November 20, 2001|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
<ref name="History5">{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101653735&formid=314&fac_num=61196|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|date=October 17, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
<ref name="Translator1">{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=W249DG|title=W249DG Facility Record|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
<ref name="Translator2">{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101727485&formid=350&fac_num=141722|title=Application for an FM Translator or an FM Booster Station License|date=April 29, 2016|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=[[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
<ref name="Translator3">{{cite web|url=https://www.fccdata.org/?facid=&call=W249DG|title=FCCdata.org - powered by REC|access-date=January 29, 2018|work=REC Networks}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wjcpradio.com/ Classic Hits 97.7 and 1460 WJCP Online]
*{{AM station data|WJCP}}
*{{FMQ|W249DG}}
*{{FXL|W249DG}}

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[[Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States]]
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