City | Newport, Minnesota |
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Broadcast area | Dakota County, Minnesota Southern Washington County, Minnesota |
Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
Branding | Real Life Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary Christian music |
Ownership | |
Owner | Maranatha Assembly of God Church |
History | |
First air date | April 2013 |
Call sign meaning | WAlter Martin, Jesus Christ |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 174134 |
Class | A |
ERP | 5,520 watts |
HAAT | 22 meters (72 ft) |
Translator(s) | W219DT (91.7 MHz, North Branch, Minnesota) |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Official 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.
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.[2][3][4][5] 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.[3][4][6] Its slogan was "Radio With a Mission".[3] Among the programming planned for the station were recordings of Walter Martin's radio program, The Bible Answer Man.[4][6]
The station began broadcasting in April 2013 and was branded "The Remnant".[7][8] "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.[9] In 2016, the station was sold to the Maranatha Assembly of God Church for $52,000.[10][11]
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.[12][13]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID |
ERP (W) |
Height (m (ft)) |
Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W219DT | 91.7 | North Branch, Minnesota | 139325 | 50 | 11 m (36 ft) | D | FCC LMS |
References
- ^ WAJC fcc.gov. Accessed November 25, 2013
- ^ Kispert-Smith, Amber (2011-08-03). "Broadcasting faith to Woodbury". RiverTowns.net. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ a b c Harlow, Tim (2011-08-27). "New Christian radio station to broadcast from Woodbury". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "New Christian Radio Station Plans to Launch in December", Minnesota Christian Examiner. Volume 34, No. 10. October 2012. p. 5. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ a b Shaw, Bob. "Child of former Christian radio star plans to launch station in Washington County", St. Paul Pioneer Press. July 21, 2011.
- ^ "Broadcasting News-April 2013". www.northpine.com. April 12, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Format and Slogan Changes", VHF-UHF Digest. September 2013. p. 9. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Broadcasting News-October 2015". www.northpine.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ Venta, Lance (2015-10-30). "Station Sales Week Of 10/30". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ "Deal Digest for the week of January 28, 2016", Inside Radio. January 28, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Station Sales Week Of 7/21", Radio Insight. July 21, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "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 on Radio-Locator
- WAJC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Coordinates: 44°43′15″N 93°01′55″W / 44.72083°N 93.03194°W