WJOT-FM

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WJOT-FM

| logo = 150px

| city = Wabash, Indiana

| area = Wabash, Indiana
Huntington, Indiana
Peru, Indiana

| branding = 105.9 The Bash

| frequency = 105.9 FM (MHz)

| airdate = July 1, 1993[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1994/B-Radio-AL-MT-BC-YB-1994-B&W.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994], Broadcasting & Cable, 1994. p. B-131. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

| format = Oldies

| erp = 6,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|97|m|sp=us}}

| class = A

| facility_id = 13537

| coordinates = {{coord|40|49|54.00|N|85|48|36.00|W}}

| former_callsigns = WWIP (1993–1998)[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=13537&Callsign=WJOT-FM13537 Call Sign History], fcc.gov. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

| owner = Dream Weaver Marketing, LLC

| sister_stations = WJOT (AM)

| webcast = [https://1059thebash.com/listen/ Listen Live]

| website = [http://www.1059thebash.com/ 1059thebash.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

WJOT-FM (105.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Wabash, Indiana broadcasting an oldies format. The station serves the areas of Wabash, Indiana, Huntington, Indiana, and Peru, Indiana, and is owned by Dream Weaver Marketing, LLC.[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WJOT FM Query Results: WJOT], fcc.gov Retrieved November 18, 2018. The station is simulcast on WJOT AM 1510.

History

The station began broadcasting July 1, 1993, and originally held the call sign WWIP. The station aired an adult contemporary/CHR format."[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/IDX/IDX/M-Street-1993-10-OCR-Page-0025.pdf Format Changes]", The M Street Journal. Vol. 10, No. 43. October 27, 1993. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2018. In July 1998, the station's call sign was changed to WJOT-FM and the station adopted an oldies format."[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/IDX/IDX/M-Street-1998-07-OCR-Page-0021.pdf Format Changes]", The M Street Journal. Vol. 15, No. 28. July 15, 1998. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

Technical

Transmitter is the venerable 5,000 watt Harris model HT-5FM utilizing a single high power air-cooled metal/ceramic tetrode vacuum tube (type number 4CX3500A) as its final RF amplifier stage. The audio path is purely analog based, with an emphasis on fidelity vs. compression.

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