Bill Handel and others. WAPI was well known locally for covering breaking news events live. The station achieved even more prominence when multiple tornadoes struck Alabama on April 27, 2011. Jim Stefkovich of the National Weather Service accurately predicted on WAPI ten hours before the tornadoes that the destruction would be very high and that there would be loss of life. As the tornado moved across northern Birmingham, WAPI hosts described it from their studio window overlooking downtown Birmingham. In the hours following the tornado, WAPI mobilized listeners to respond to critical needs, collecting and delivering more than two million dollars worth of basic supplies (ten semi-trucks) in the hardest-hit areas. In many cases, the WAPI delivery was the first help to arrive in some areas. WAPI continued to match needs and volunteers over the next ten days and the public service efforts of the station were covered by news media like the CBS Evening News and the BBC. Hundreds of volunteers worked with radio station staffers to organize and conduct the massive aid deliveries quickly. JOX 2: ESPN 100.5 On July 24, 2013, the station announced it will join ESPN Radio as a sister station to WJOX-FM. This resulted in WAPI returning exclusively to 1070 AM. Originally announced as ESPN Radio 100.5, the station announced it will simulcast several shows from WJOX-FM and call itself JOX 2: ESPN 100.5. The change came one month after WZNN dropped the format and brought the sports format back to the 100.5 frequency after 5 years. This caused a name change on WDGM in Tuscaloosa, as it was at the time a simulcast partner of WJOX as 99.1 The Deuce. On August 1, WAPI-FM changed its callsign to WJQX to match the format. On August 12, WJQX made the flip to sports. Programming All the programming is from ESPN Radio. References Birmingham News article on format change, published 8/16/2008 Birmingham News article on programming changes at WJOX-FM and WSPZ-AM, published January 6, 2007 External links JQX Radio stations established in 1991 Cumulus Media radio stations 1991 establishments in Alabama ESPN Radio stations