WCRJ
WCRJ (88.1 FM) is a Christian contemporary music-formatted radio station serving the Jacksonville area owned by Radio Training Network, Inc., relaying programming from the JOY FM network.
| City | Jacksonville, Florida |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Jacksonville area |
| Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
| Branding | The JOY FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Training Network, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1984 (as WNCM) |
Former call signs | WNCM (1984-1993) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 48390 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 8,000 watts |
| HAAT | 151 meters (495 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°16′34.00″N 81°33′53″W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | florida.thejoyfm.com |
History
Prior to 1993, WCRJ was WNCM-FM.[1] The station switched from country music to talk radio in 1995.[2]
88.1 was originally owned by The River Educational Media; until 2011, it was home to The Promise, which was first launched by Concord Media Group on 106.5 FM and was later purchased by Salem Communications. Salem then sold the signal to Cox Radio in 2006 (in which they flipped that station to a simulcast of WOKV, now WXXJ), and The River agreed to take the Promise name and format, under a lease management agreement with The Promise Educational Media Inc.
In 2011, The River sold WCRJ to Educational Media Foundation, which switched the station to its satellite-based K-LOVE network on May 1, 2011.
On August 1, 2018, WCRJ switched from EMF's "Air 1" Christian CHR format to Radio Training Network's "The JOY FM" contemporary Christian format, due to sale.[3]
References
- "Call Sign History". Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- Stark, Phyllis (April 29, 1995). "Vox Jox". Billboard. 107 (17): 92.
- Joy FM Comes to Jacksonville Radioinsight - August 1, 2018
External links
- Joy FM Official Website
- WCRJ in the FCC's FM station database
- WCRJ on Radio-Locator
- WCRJ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database