WAJC

Radio station in Newport, Minnesota
  • Newport, Minnesota
Broadcast areaDakota County, Minnesota
Southern Washington County, MinnesotaFrequency88.1 MHzBrandingReal Life RadioProgrammingFormatContemporary Christian musicOwnershipOwnerMaranatha Assembly of God ChurchHistory
First air date
April 2013
Call sign meaning
WAlter Martin, Jesus ChristTechnical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCCFacility ID174134ClassAERP5,520 wattsHAAT22 meters (72 ft)Translator(s)W219DT (91.7 MHz, North Branch, Minnesota)Links
Public license information
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  • LMS
WebcastListen LiveWebsiteOfficial Website

WAJC 88.1 FM is a radio station licensed to Newport, Minnesota, and serving the south central Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The station broadcasts a Contemporary Christian music format and is owned by the Maranatha Assembly of God Church. Its transmitter is located in a park near Coates.

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History

On April 19, 2010, the FCC granted a construction permit to the Religious Information Network for a new noncommercial radio station on 88.1 MHz at Newport, a southeastern suburb of the Twin Cities. RIN intended to program a listener-supported station with a variety of Christian and community programming.[3][4][5][6] The first two letters of its call sign, WAJC, stood for the station manager's father, Walter Martin, and the last two stood for Jesus Christ.[4][5][7] Its slogan was "Radio With a Mission".[4] Among the programming planned for the station were recordings of Walter Martin's radio program, The Bible Answer Man.[5][7]

The station began broadcasting in April 2013 and was branded "The Remnant".[8][9] "The Remnant" was the student-produced Christian rock format from the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, which was simulcast on the HD4 subchannel of that school's KTIS-FM.[10] In 2016, the station was sold to the Maranatha Assembly of God Church for $52,000.[11][12]

Translator

In 2017, Maranatha Assembly of God Church purchased FM translator 91.7 W219DT in North Branch, Minnesota for $50,000, and the translator began rebroadcasting WAJC.[13][14]

Broadcast translator for WAJC
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W219DT 91.7 FM North Branch, Minnesota 139325 50 11 m (36 ft) D LMS

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAJC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ WAJC fcc.gov. Accessed November 25, 2013
  3. ^ Kispert-Smith, Amber (2011-08-03). "Broadcasting faith to Woodbury". RiverTowns.net. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  4. ^ a b c Harlow, Tim (2011-08-27). "New Christian radio station to broadcast from Woodbury". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  5. ^ a b c Shaw, Bob. "Washington County - Christian radio station in the works - Founder aims to discuss faith, doctrines", St. Paul Pioneer Press. August 31, 2011. p. B10.
  6. ^ "New Christian Radio Station Plans to Launch in December", Minnesota Christian Examiner. Volume 34, No. 10. October 2012. p. 5. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Shaw, Bob. "Child of former Christian radio star plans to launch station in Washington County", St. Paul Pioneer Press. July 21, 2011.
  8. ^ "Broadcasting News-April 2013". www.northpine.com. April 12, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Format and Slogan Changes", VHF-UHF Digest. September 2013. p. 9. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "Broadcasting News-October 2015". www.northpine.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  11. ^ Venta, Lance (2015-10-30). "Station Sales Week Of 10/30". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  12. ^ "Deal Digest for the week of January 28, 2016", Inside Radio. January 28, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  13. ^ "Station Sales Week Of 7/21", Radio Insight. July 21, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  14. ^ "Deal Digest - July 20, 2017", Inside Radio. July 20, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

External links

  • WAJC's website
  • Maranatha Assembly of God Church's website
  • WAJC in the FCC FM station database
  • WAJC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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