WRJA-FM

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WRJA-FM
Broadcast areaCentral South Carolina - Columbia metropolitan area
Frequency 88.1 MHz
BrandingSouth Carolina Public Radio
Programming
Format Public radio and talk
Affiliations National Public Radio
Public Radio Exchange
American Public Media
BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner South 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 [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 60974
Class C
ERP 98,000 watts
HAAT 305 meters (1,001 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°52′52″N80°16′12″W / 33.88111°N 80.27000°W / 33.88111; -80.27000 (WRJA-FM)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website southcarolinapublicradio.org

WRJA-FM (88.1 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Sumter, South Carolina, United States, serving both Columbia and Florence, South Carolina. It is the flagship of the statewide public radio "News and Talk Network" from South Carolina Public Radio (SCPR) and is a member of NPR.

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WRJA-FM's offices and studios are on George Rogers Boulevard in Columbia. The transmitter is on ETV Tower Road in Sumter, sharing a tower with co-owned WRJA-TV. [4]

History

The station signed on the air on August 25, 1975. [5] Its original call sign was WMPR. It was part of the South Carolina Educational Radio Network, featuring local programming from SCERN as well as network shows from NPR. It became WRJA-FM in 1980.

In 2001, the station, along with WJWJ-FM in Beaufort/Charleston and WHMC in Conway/Myrtle Beach, began airing a separate program schedule from the rest of the SCERN stations. These outlets, part of the "News and Talk Network," began carrying a mix of news and information programs with some jazz, blues and world music on weekends. The remaining stations, part of the "News and Music Network," play classical music during middays and nights with news and information programs during morning and afternoon drive times and some hours on weekends.

Programming

On weekdays, the "News and Talk Network," including WRJA, carries news programs from NPR and other public radio networks. BBC World Service runs all night. SCPR also produces Roots Music Karamu with Osei Chandler, heard on all stations (music network and talk network) on Saturday nights.

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.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WRJA-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WRJA
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977. Page C-190. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
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