WFJS
FCC | |
| Facility ID | 53443 |
|---|---|
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°15′56.39″N 74°45′25.58″W / 40.2656639°N 74.7571056°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | domesticchurchmedia |
WFJS (1260
By day, WFJS is powered at 5,900 watts. To protect other stations on 1260 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to 2,500 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is on Ewingville Road in Ewing Township, New Jersey.[4]
History
Early years
The station
In the early 1970s, WBUD broadcast a Top 40 format. In 1975, the station became an
Standards and sports
In February 2006, WBUD switched to
On March 31, 2008, the station switched to a
Catholic radio
The Millennium Radio Group, then WBUD's owner, announced on July 25, 2008, that the station would be sold. The buyer was the Domestic Church Media Foundation, founded by New Jersey native, Jim Manfredonia. The station would drop Fox Sports Radio, switching to Catholic religious programming, mainly from
On September 14, 2008, WBUD had its final day of broadcasting, featuring the station's automated "Great Gold" oldies format, as well as Jack Pinto's Sunday Sinatra program, live in the studio. The station returned to Fox Sports at 2 p.m. after playing its final song, "
On September 15, 2008, WBUD officially flipped to a Catholic-based religious format, as "Domestic Church Catholic Radio". On September 22, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WFJS, named after Fulton J. Sheen, an archbishop who had used broadcasting (particularly television) to deliver the message about the Catholic faith. The station's studios were also renamed as "The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Media Evangelization".[10]
Power increase
In August 2012, WFJS was granted a
The sign-off of station WNWK in Newark, Delaware, which also broadcast on 1260 AM, freed WFJS from an obligation to minimize interference to that station. The new directional pattern improves WFJS's daytime signal to the south and southwest. No change was made to the station's nighttime power or pattern.
Simulcasts
In May 2011, the Domestic Church Media Foundation was granted a license for WFJS-FM on 89.3 FM in Freehold, New Jersey.[11] The station simulcasts 1260 WFJS.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | Power (W) |
ERP (W) |
HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WFJS-FM | 89.3 FM | Freehold, New Jersey | 174562 | — | 15,000 | 50 m (160 ft) | B1 | 40°16′27″N 74°9′48.8″W / 40.27417°N 74.163556°W | LMS |
| WGYM | 1580 AM | Hammonton, New Jersey | 61110 |
|
— | — | C | 39°37′33.42″N 74°47′42.59″W / 39.6259500°N 74.7951639°W | LMS |
| WSMJ | 91.9 FM | North Wildwood, New Jersey | 174695 | — | 730 | 280 m (920 ft) | A | 39°2′58″N 74°51′13″W / 39.04944°N 74.85361°W | LMS |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFJS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WFJS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ WFJS Coverage Area Map WFJS.org. Accessed February 7, 2015
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WFJS-AM
- ^ "New Jersey AM Radio History".
- ^ "WBUD Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Catholic group to drop WBUD sports format". Associated Press, Newsday. July 25, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
- ^ "Making Moves: Wednesday Afternoon". Radio-Info.com. September 10, 2008. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ "Radio-Info.com Discussion Boards – WBUD now airing a final day broadcast..." Radio-Info.com. September 14, 2008. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
- ^ WFJS: " Domestic Church Media Foundation Announces Purchase OF WBUD 1260 AM in Trenton, NJ"
- ^ Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed February 7, 2015
External links
- WFJS official website
- WFJS in the FCC AM station database
- WFJS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database