About

WDJR (96.9 FM, “The Big Dog – Country 96.9″) is a country music formatted radio station based in Dothan, Alabama. The station is owned and operated by Gulf South Communications. The station’s signal, which originates from a transmitter in Holmes County Florida, reaches large portions of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.

In the 1980s, WDJR was known as “The Monster” because of its large coverage area and rock music format. After a brief change to a lite rock format, WDJR flipped to Country music in 1993 by playing the entire Garth Brooks catalog at the time, 3 albums. When interviewed by the Dothan Eagle about the release of the fourth Garth Brooks album, General Manager Hal Edwards was quoted as saying, “Hot Dog! We can increase our song library by 33%!” WDJR was sold to the Holladays in 1992.

WDJR plays country music with an emphasis on new music while still playing the older favorites from the 1980s and ’90s.

Current notable on-air personalities include “Mason & Misty” In The Morning, Skip Nelson on mid-days, David Sommers in the afternoon, the syndicated Lia on nights, and Fred Bacher hosting “Son Country”.

Notable former on-air personalities include Tom Nebel, Mitch English, Jess Bailey, “Super Dave” Strickland, Ken Carlisle, Jerry Broadway, Frog Man, and Nik at Nyt.

For years WDJR had broadcast from the 2,000 foot WTVY-TV tower in Holmes County Florida at the 1,550 foot mark. In the spring of 2006, WDJR moved to their own 1,050 foot tower a few hundred yards from WTVY-TV. With the move, WDJR went down in class per FCC requirements. WDJR is now a class C0, full-service FM radio station.