WLFJ (AM)
City | Greenville, South Carolina |
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Broadcast area | Upstate South Carolina |
Branding | Christian Talk 660 AM/92.9 FM |
Frequency | 660 AM |
Translator(s) | 92.9 FM (W225AZ) |
First air date | March, 1947 |
Format | Christian Talk |
Power |
50,000 watts daytime 10,000 watts critical hours |
ERP | 250 watts (FM) |
Class | D (AM & FM) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°53′10.00″N 82°28′3.00″W / 34.8861111°N 82.4675000°W |
Callsign meaning | "W"ith "L"ove "F"rom "J"esus |
Former callsigns | WESC (1947-2000) |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio, WYFF 4 Weather +Plus |
Owner |
iHeartMedia (Operated by Radio Training Network Inc.) (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
Sister stations |
iHeartMedia owns: WESC-FM, WMYI, WSSL-FM, WROO Radio Training Network owns: WRTP, WALC, WLFJ-FM, and WLFS |
Webcast | Listen Online |
Website | http://www.christiantalk660.com |
WLFJ is a daytime-only Christian talk station at 660 on the AM dial broadcasting at 50,000 watts (10,000 during critical hours, and 500 watts pre sunrise authorization in January, November and December.
History
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660 signed on the air in March 1947 as WESC. The station was for many years a country music outlet branded "660 in Dixie", sister to WESC-FM, which was beautiful music at first, then later country music. Throughout the mid-late 20th century, WESC was frequently the highest rated station in the Greenville market.
In 1994, while simulcasting WESC-FM most of the time, WESC picked up The Fabulous Sports Babe.[1]
The station carried its country music format until early 2000, when it was purchased by Clear Channel Communications, who leased AM 660 to Radio Training Network Inc. (owners of WLFJ-FM), which placed a Christian Talk format on the station under the WLFJ callsign. The country music format continues on WESC-FM.
As of 2009, it is one of four AM radio stations operating at 50,000 watts in the state of South Carolina, the others being WBAJ, WAGL, and WCEO.
Translators
In 2010, WLFJ launched a translator at 92.9 FM in the Greenville area. This move allows the station to operate over the air 24-hours a day on FM (as opposed to daytime only at 660 AM).
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | ERP W | Class | FCC info |
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W225AZ | 92.9 | Greenville, South Carolina | 250 | D | FCC |
References
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WLFJ
- Radio-Locator Information on WLFJ
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WLFJ