WXOJ-LP

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WXOJ-LP
WXOJ-LP logo.png
Broadcast area Pioneer Valley
Frequency 103.3 MHz
BrandingValley Free Radio
Programming
Format Public Radio
Affiliations Pacifica Radio [1]
Ownership
OwnerValley Free Radio Inc.
History
First air date
August 7, 2005 [2]
Technical information
Facility ID 133520
Class L1
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 20.3 meters (67 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°18′59″N72°40′20″W / 42.31639°N 72.67222°W / 42.31639; -72.67222
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website valleyfreeradio.org

WXOJ-LP (103.3 FM, "Valley Free Radio") is a non-profit, independent community radio station licensed to serve Northampton, Massachusetts, as well as the central Pioneer Valley region. The station was first licensed to Foundation For Media Education Inc. [3] until April 2010 when it was transferred to Valley Free Radio, inc. It airs a Public Radio format [4] [5] on its FM radio frequency, as well as through a live streaming service on its website. WXOJ is known as the original broadcast station of the nationally syndicated radio and television program The David Pakman Show (originally Midweek Politics with David Pakman) and the radio program "Madness Radio," and was the home of a popular current-events program hosted by then-business owner and current Northampton City Council member Bill Dwight. The station also hosts locally produced programming at its main studios in the village of Florence, Massachusetts, such as The Enviro Show, Occupy the Airwaves, Farm to Fork, Bread & Roses, The Warm Heart of Africa, Poison Ivy of the Mind, Press Start to Continue and more. As an affiliate, VFR airs other local and national content from the Pacifica Radio Network. [1]

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Valley Free Radio is volunteer-run and provides training in live programming, broadcast equipment technology, and digital audio production and editing to its members, as well as studio space for DJs and programmers. In addition, it houses the David S Dow Recording Studio; a secondary recording studio for pre-recorded content to be made.

Parade at the end of the Prometheus Radio Project barnraising on August 7, 2005 Valley Free Radio Barnraising 1 20080807.jpg
Parade at the end of the Prometheus Radio Project barnraising on August 7, 2005

The station was assigned the "WXOJ-LP" call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 11, 2004. [6] The station was launched with assistance from the Philadelphia-based Prometheus Radio Project. [2] [7] [8] [9]

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  2. 1 2 Simon, Clea (2005-08-18). "For Community Stations, Group Signals A Beginning". Boston Globe.
  3. ↑ Freebairn, William (2005-07-24). "Radio volunteers set 'barn raising'". The Republican. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  4. ↑ "LPFM Massachusetts". LPFM Database. Archived from the original on 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  5. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  6. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  7. ↑ Mannekin, Michael (2001-05-17). "Low Power To The People" (PDF). Valley Advocate Newspaper.
  8. ↑ Hall, Will (July 2005). "Letter Hampshire Daily Gazette 2005" (PDF). Hampshire Daily Gazette. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  9. ↑ Meserve, Susie (May–June 2001). "Valley Activists Crusade for Free Speech". Voice. Retrieved 2014-03-24.


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