Station Profile

WDJL 1000 AM Life-Changing Radio

WDJL 1000 AM AM, "Gospel Explosions", serves Huntsville, Alabama, the Tennessee Valley & surrounding areas.

Most WDJL 1000 AM listeners consider us as a portion of their family, and a way to help them get through their day.

WDJL 1000 AM local programming includes a mixed program of Gospel & Christian music, sermons, teaching programs, and features.

WDJL 1000 AM broadcasts uplifting and family-friendly music and programs. Our goal is to partner with quality, local and national businesses and ministries in broadcasting the life-changing messages.

WDJL 1000 AM gives you the ability to reach a large number of exclusive customers 25 to 64-years old that can't be reached by any other radio station.

Since 2008, WDJL 1000 AM has been a primary connection for family-friendly radio in the Huntsville area, reaching a large affluent loyal audience.

WDJL 1000 AM's Christian format is very popular with listeners in the Huntsville area. We play great Gospel and Christian artists like J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise, Travis Greene,Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kirk Franklin, Todd Dulaney, VaShawn Mitchell, CeCe Winans, Marvin Sapp, Tye Tribbett, Donnie McClurkin, William Murphy, Jekalyn Carr, Jermaine Dolly, Shirley Caesar, Bryan Popin, William McDowell, Charlie Wilson, Fred Hammond, Anthony Evans, Deitrick Haddon, Troy Sneed, and Isabel Davis.

WDJL 1000 AM is Huntsville's Christian Station serving the Tennessee Valley and surrounding communities including Athens, Decatur, Fayetteville, Pulaski, Ardmore, and Hartselle..

WDJL 1000 AM is one of the most powerful Christian Radio stations in the Huntsville community.

Market your business to loyal responsive listeners each week with WDJL 1000 AM.

WDJL 1000 AM is committed to serving our listeners with family-friendly local programming that encourages, informs, entertains and inspires a greater faith.

Market your business to affluent customers each week with WDJL 1000 AM.

Demographic Profile

WDJL 1000 AM targets listeners in their prime spending years.

Age Profile: WDJL 1000 AM targets affluent adults 25 to 64 years of age. Christian Radio listeners in America Approximately 72% are 40+ and 28% are 18-39 years of age.

Gender Profile: Approximately 58% of Christian radio listeners are male and 42% are female.

Income: Approximately 33% have incomes of $100,000 or more, 42% have incomes of $50,000 to $100,000 and 25% have incomes under $50,000.

Marital Status: The majority of Gospel & Christian Radio listeners are married or engaged.

Occupation Profile: WDJL 1000 AM targets individuals who are employed full time in a variety of occupations including owner, manager, professional, clerical, trade, skilled sales, and technical. Over 80% are working employed full time or part-time.

Education Profile: WDJL 1000 AM's format attracts listeners who are well educated. Most of them have attended college.

Activities: WDJL 1000 AM attracts listeners who are very active participating in exercise and fitness, biking, golfing, gardening, and hiking. WDJL 1000 AM listeners enjoy going out to music concerts, sporting events, and restaurants.

Investments: WDJL 1000 AM targets listeners who have high incomes are homeowners and invest in mutual funds, stocks/bonds, retirement programs, and investment real estate.

WDJL 1000 AM listeners are a demographically appealing group that includes high-income earners and is a very effective way to reach new customers.

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Consumer Spending Profile

WDJL 1000 AM 's format attracts consumers that spent heavily in the following categories in the past year.

Many of WDJL 1000 AM listeners:

- Purchased books in the past year.
- Purchased garden supplies in the past year.
- Purchased flowers as a gift in the past year.
- Purchased men's clothing in the past year.
- Purchased men's shoes in the past year.
- Purchased women's clothing in the past year.
- Purchased fine jewelry in the past year.
- Purchased children's clothing in the past year.
- Purchased small appliances in the past year.
- Purchased a vehicle in the past two years.

WDJL 1000 AM targets listeners with retail purchasing power.

WDJL 1000 AM Listeners:

- Purchased a wide variety of electronic devices including computers, tablets, smartphones, MP3 players, and HDTVs.  
-  Were big consumers of furniture, mattresses, major appliances, and automobiles.
-  Purchase fine and costume jewelry, cosmetics, perfume, and skincare products.
-  Enjoyed going out to fine restaurants often every month.

WDJL 1000 AM  listeners are in their prime income and spending years.

WDJL 1000 AM Listeners Have Spending Power!

WDJL 1000 AM targets homeowners. A huge category with these consumers is home improvement and home decorating.

Home Spending: WDJL 1000 AM  listeners spend heavily in these areas.

- Interior painting/wallpaper
- Landscaping or yard improvements
- Lumber
- Exterior painting/staining
- Deck/fencing
- Energy conservation projects
- Floor tiles or vinyl flooring
- Installed windows or doors
- Other home projects

 Target a large affluent Christan audience with WDJL 1000 AM.

 

Get More Customers With WDJL 1000 AM

Find out how WDJL 1000 AM can help you reach our large and loyal audience.

We have an in-house creative team who will work with you to produce an effective message. Their expertise means success for your business. Whether your business is local or national, you will find our rates attractive and our listening audience dedicated to businesses that advertise on WDJL 1000 AM.

We offer great rates for 30 and 60 Second commercials based on frequency and day-parts. We can develop a custom advertising package to help you maximize exposure. 

We offer programming rates for 15 minutes, 30 minutes and hour-long programming. 

We also offer Corporate Underwriting and Sponsorship. This is an opportunity to market your business at tremendous savings over our regular commercial rates.

Support Christian programming and let our listeners know about your presence as a Christian business. 

We offer Partner Plans are available for churches and ministries to promote their local services and programs with very affordable marketing solutions.

WDJL 1000 AM has a responsive loyal audience with high disposable income.

WDJL 1000 AM Is Built For Advertisers

WDJL 1000 AM is foreground radio. Unlike music radio, the Gospel and Christian format command attention. These listeners aren't just button-pushers who stop pushing buttons when they hear a song they like. They're LISTENING, closely.

WDJL 1000 AM is the best environment for an advertising message. Gospel & Christian Radio are Foreground Media, whereas other radio formats are considered background media. “There are only three radio formats that tend to not be relegated to the background - talk, sports, and Christian radio. People listen to these formats actively.

WDJL 1000 AM listeners are more involved. Because they're paying attention, and bonding with on-air personalities, they're more likely to respond to advertising messages.

WDJL 1000 AM is unique from other radio formats. Due to the nature of this format, people listen to WDJL 1000 AM  differently.

WDJL 1000 AM is a high impact foreground listening medium. We cater to affluent, fast-paced professionals.25 to 64 years old. 

WDJL 1000 AM  listeners are actively listening to get the information they want. Your commercial message cuts through and gets heard on WDJL 1000 AM. 

Gospel And Christian listeners transfer their allegiance from the station to its advertisers and sponsors.” Reach radio's most loyal and responsive listeners with advertising’s most cost-effective medium.

WDJL 1000 AM is built for advertisers. We deliver an affluent audience that can't be reached by any other radio station making WDJL 1000 AM a great investment to help you get more customers.

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Gospel And Christian Radio Are Growing!

Over 20 million listeners listen to Gospel and Christian radio every week.

Gospel and Christian radio stations are quickly gaining new listeners. According to Arbitron research, since 1998, the average quarter-hour listening for Religious-formatted stations has grown by 35 percent. This is the fastest growth rate measured by Arbitron for any format

Over 55%% are between the ages of 25-54
Over 60% are between the ages of 35-64

Thanks to a surge in both the popularity of Gospel and Christian, the genre has posted a 33 percent growth in listening over the last 5 years.

The Religious format's phenomenal growth has been driven by two music-based formats: Gospel and Contemporary Christian.

Christian Radio is central to people’s lives and remains a powerful tool for motivating listeners to action.

Giving Back With Local Ministry Programs

Through partnerships with local churches and ministries, WDJL 1000 AM provides preaching, teaching and talk programs with pastors and elders from churches, both large and small, from nearly every Christian denomination.

We love to partner with groups in the community year-round! We also love taking part in community events and getting behind local causes that affect our listeners.

We take pride in being an important part of the fabric of our community and help support many local charitable causes.

We are extremely proud of our commitment to the community to support hundreds of worthwhile causes.

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