WFJX

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WFJX
WFJX-AM 2014.png
Broadcast area Roanoke metropolitan area
Frequency 910 kHz
BrandingFOX Radio 910
Programming
Format Talk radio [1]
Network Fox News Radio
Affiliations Westwood One
Salem Radio Network
CBS Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • David S. Points
  • (Mahon Communications, Inc.)
History
First air date
April 1, 1957;65 years ago (1957-04-01) [2]
Former call signs
WRKE (1957)
WHYE (1957-1966)
WPXI (1966-1968)
WTOY (1968-1990)
WBNI (1990-1991)
WWWR (1991-2010) [3] [4]
Call sign meaning
WFoXJ
Technical information
Facility ID 52298
Class D
Power 1,000 watts days
84 watts nights
Transmitter coordinates
 37°16′6.0″N79°54′46.0″W / 37.268333°N 79.912778°W / 37.268333; -79.912778
Translator(s) W282CK (104.3 MHz Roanoke)
Links
Webcast WFJX Webstream
Website WFJX Online

WFJX (910 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia. [1] It broadcasts a talk radio format and is owned and operated by David S. Points, through licensee Mahon Communications, Inc. [5]

Contents

By day, WFJX is powered at 1,000 watts. [6] But to protect other stations on 910 AM from interference, at night WFJX reduces power to only 84 watts. Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W282CK at 104.3 MHz. [7]

Programming

On weekdays, most of WFJX's schedule is nationally syndicated programs: America in the Morning, The Mike Gallagher Show, The Dennis Prager Show, The Sebastian Gorka Show and Red Eye Radio . In addition, Christian talk and teaching shows are heard in morning drive time from David Jeremiah and Michael Youssef. And in the evening, WFJX carries programming from CBS Sports Radio.

Weekends feature shows on money, health, guns, pets and cars. Weekend hosts include Brian Kilmeade, Michael Brown and Jimmy Failla. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.

History

The station signed on the air on April 1, 1957;65 years ago. [8] The original call sign was WRKE. It was a daytimer station, required to go off the air at night. The studios were in the American Theater Building.

The station later became WTOY with an R&B and Soul music format, aimed at Roanoke's African-American community. In the 2010, it switched its call sign to WFJX, airing a talk radio format, known as "Fox Radio 910."

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-570. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Facility No. 52298 History Card" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "WFJX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WFJX
  7. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W282CK
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1959 page B-250, Broadcasting & Cable
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