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WMEJ
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi;
Broadcast area	Gulfport, Mississippi
Frequency	1190 kHz
Branding	Rejoice AM 1190 and FM 104.3
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Inspirational/Gospel
Ownership
Owner	Richard L. Mays; (Hancock Broadcasting Company);
History
First air date	February 5, 1974
Former call signs	WPUP (1974–1977); WXGR (1977–1988); WBSL (1988–2009); WJZD (2009–2010);
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	25961
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts (daytime only)
Transmitter coordinates	30°19′26″N 89°21′02″W / 30.32389°N 89.35056°W
Translator(s)	W282CE (104.3 FM) Bay St. Louis
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	rejoiceam1190.com

WMEJ is a radio station with a daytime-only AM broadcasting radio station licensed for 5,000 watts on 1190 kHz at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, serving the Gulfport, Mississippi area. The station broadcasts a gospel format as "Rejoice AM 1190".

History

The station was established as WPUP by the Bay Broadcasting Company on February 5, 1974.^[3] The call letters were changed to WXGR in 1977.^[4]

The station's studio and transmitter were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The station returned to the air with low power in the summer of 2006, using a portable building and a donated refurbished transmitter, and resumed full power in December 2006.^[5]

The station changed call signs in July 2009 from WBSL "Blues 1190" to WJZD and made its latest change to the current WMEJ in June 2010,^[6] when it changed to Spanish-language formatting. The current gospel format was instituted in 2013. The WMEJ call sign was originally assigned to an unrelated station in Monessen, Pennsylvania in 1927.^[7]

FM translator

The station is broadcast over FM translator W282CE on 104.3 MHz. The translator, which began broadcasting in 2016, is permitted to broadcast at night, even when the AM station must go off.