WDCJ
| Simulcasts WXGI, Richmond | |
|---|---|
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| Broadcast area | Metro Petersburg |
| Frequency | 1240 kHz |
| Branding | The Box |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hip hop |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1945 (as WSSV) |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60474 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°14′1.5″N 77°22′34.9″W / 37.233750°N 77.376361°W |
| Translator | 102.7 W274BX (Petersburg) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | theboxrichmond |
WDCJ (1240 kHz) is a classic hip hop formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Petersburg, Virginia, serving Metro Petersburg.[2] WDCJ is owned and operated by Urban One. The station's studios and offices are located just north of Richmond proper on Emerywood Parkway[3] in Petersburg.[4]
History
The station first signed on the air in 1945 as WSSV.[5] It was founded as a local station for the Petersburg area and operated as a Top 40 outlet for much of its early life.[6] In 1970, the station was purchased by Eure Communications, which also operated its FM sister station, WSSV-FM.[7]
In 1986, the station was sold to Paco-John Broadcasting and changed its call letters to WPLZ, beginning a long association with urban and gospel formats.[8] Three years later, in 1989, it became WGCV and shifted to a gospel format.[9] After a brief period as WROU in the mid-2000s under the ownership of Radio One (now Urban One),[10] the station adopted the WTPS call letters to match its "The People's Station" branding.
The station has broadcast the programming of WXGI in Richmond since Urban One's purchase of that station on May 1, 2017, in order to give WXGI—at that time a sports station—a metro Richmond FM signal.[11] The stations eventually flipped to a classic hip-hop format known as "The Box".[12]
On December 11, 2025, the station's call sign was changed to WDCJ as a side effect of a format flip involving the former WDCJ in the Washington, D.C. market.[13]
Translator
On July 9, 2016, WDCJ began relaying its signal on an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. The translator is fed by WCDX-HD2.[14]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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| W274BX | 102.7 FM | Petersburg, Virginia | 154012 | 180 | 86 m (282 ft) | D | LMS |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDCJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WDCJ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ https://kissrichmond.com/about/ About Us | 99.3-105.7 Kiss FM
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WTPS-AM
- ^ "WTPS (AM) Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "History of Petersburg Radio". Virginia Radio History. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Call Sign History: WDCJ (Facility ID 60474)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ Venta, Lance (December 12, 2025). "Urban One Completes Richmond-Area Call Letter Swap". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "WGCV Call Sign History". REC Networks. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Urban One Stations: Petersburg/Richmond". Urban One. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Urban One buys Richmond AM from Red Zebra". All Access. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "WTPS: The Box 102.7". The Box Richmond. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "Recent FCC Callsign Activity". REC Networks. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ^ "W274BX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 60474 (WDCJ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WDCJ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 154012 (W274BX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W274BX at FCCdata.org