WVRD

Last updated
WVRD
City Zebulon, North Carolina
Frequency 90.5 MHz
BrandingThe Journey
Programming
Format Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner Liberty University
(Liberty University, Inc.)
History
First air date
1990 (as WAHD, originally licensed to Wilson, NC)
Former call signs
WAHD (1988-2000)
WXJC (2000-2002)
WAJC (2002-2010)
Technical information
Facility ID 41094
Class A
ERP 1,200 watts
HAAT 64 meters
Transmitter coordinates
35°49′19″N78°18′36″W / 35.82194°N 78.31000°W / 35.82194; -78.31000
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website WVRD Online

WVRD (90.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Zebulon, North Carolina, United States, the station is currently owned by Liberty University. [1] [2]

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History

Mega-Educational Communications started WAHD in 1990 with a mostly automated soft adult contemporary format. The station was licensed to Wilson, North Carolina, though it barely put a listenable signal there. Later, WAHD played easy listening as "Easy 90.5". In 1991, the station added W260AB, a translator in Raleigh at 99.9 FM. Other formats included CHR/dance and smooth jazz; the station signed off in 1999. Calvary Satellite Network, a Christian talk/ministry service based in Costa Mesa, California brought the station back in 2001 as WXJC. On September 19, 2002, WXJC became WAJC. [3]

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References

  1. "WVRD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WVRD Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on 2003-02-01. Retrieved 2010-04-27.