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WARJ
Broadcast areaRoanoke, Virginia
New River Valley
Frequency102.5 MHz
Programming
FormatChristian worship music
NetworkAir1
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
2013
Former call signs
WBZS (2002–2020)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID89133
ClassA
Power150 Watts
HAAT591 meters (1,939 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°11′42.0″N 80°9′23.0″W / 37.195000°N 80.156389°W / 37.195000; -80.156389
Links
Public license information

WARJ is a radio station licensed to Shawsville, Virginia, broadcasting the Air1 network to Roanoke, Virginia and the New River Valley.[2] WARJ is owned by the Educational Media Foundation.

History

The station signed on in 2003 as WBZS. From its sign-on, the station was leased by owner George S. Flinn, Jr., to Three Daughters Media, which simulcast the talk format of WIQO-FM Lynchburg.[3]

WBZS entered into a three-year lease to Community Media Group, owner of adult album alternative WVMP, on December 1, 2016.[4][5]

On February 1, 2018, the AAA format moved exclusively to WBZS, which rebranded as "102.5 The Mountain".[6][7]

Upon the lease ending on December 1, 2019, the AAA programming moved back to WVMP.[8]

In April 2020, Flinn donated the station's signal to air a noncommercial news/talk format focusing specifically on coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the New River Valley. The station was led by WVMP's former general manager and a volunteer staff, with on-air hosts working from home studios.[9][10] Three months later, he sold the station and eight others to the Educational Media Foundation for $3.4 million.[11] The call letters were changed to WARJ on October 29, 2020, as the station picked up EMF's Air1 network.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WARJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  3. ^ Venta, Lance (11 November 2013). "Lynchburg Talker Expands To Trimulcast". RadioInsight.
  4. ^ "WBZS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Venta, Lance (December 14, 2016). "WVMP Expands to Blacksburg". Radio Insight.
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (5 February 2018). "Roanoke's Mountain Loses One Of Its Signals". RadioInsight.
  7. ^ "Time Brokerage Agreement" (PDF). FCC Public Inspection File.
  8. ^ Venta, Lance (2 December 2019). "Roanoke's Mountain Returns to 101.5". RadioInsight.
  9. ^ "All-Volunteer COVID-19 News/Talk Station Launches In Roanoke". RadioInsight. 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  10. ^ "Volunteers launch radio station to discuss COVID-19". WDBJ. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  11. ^ Jacobson, Adam (2020-07-08). "Flinn Sells Nine To EMF, Via Three Associated Entities". Radio & Television Business Report. Retrieved 2020-11-13.