WRJA-FM

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WRJA-FM
Broadcast areaCentral South Carolina
Frequency 88.1 MHz
BrandingSouth Carolina Public Radio
Programming
Format Public radio, News/Talk
Ownership
OwnerSouth Carolina Educational TV Commission
History
First air date
August 25, 1975 (1975-08-25)
Former call signs
WMPR (1975–1980) [1]
Call sign meaning
R. J. Aycock [2]
Technical information
Facility ID 60974
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 305 meters
Transmitter coordinates
33°52′52″N80°16′12″W / 33.88111°N 80.27000°W / 33.88111; -80.27000 (WRJA-FM)
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website southcarolinapublicradio.org

WRJA-FM (88.1 FM) is a non-commercial news/talk-formatted radio station located in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, that covers both Columbia and Florence, South Carolina. The station is the flagship of the statewide "NPR News network" from South Carolina Public Radio.

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Station history

The station signed on as WMPR on August 25, 1975, as part of the South Carolina Educational Radio Network, featuring programming from SCERN as well as National Public Radio (NPR). It became WRJA-FM in 1980.

In 2001, the station (along with WJWJ-FM Beaufort/Charleston and WHMC Conway/Myrtle Beach) began a separate program schedule from the rest of the SCERN stations, with a format of NPR news, talk and information.

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References

  1. "FCC History Cards for WRJA-FM".
  2. "South Carolina Educational Television Commission Program Evaluation Report [July 2018]" (PDF). South Carolina House of Representatives.