WXTJ-LP
Radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia
38°1′49.0″N 78°29′22.0″W / 38.030278°N 78.489444°W / 38.030278; -78.489444WXTJ-LP is a Freeform formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Charlottesville, Virginia,[1] owned and operated by the University of Virginia.[5]
WXTJ-LP was founded by the staff of WTJU (91.1 FM) in 2013 as a response to low and declining student involvement at the University of Virginia's long-established college radio station. WXTJ is now entirely administered and programmed by students, with WTJU's staff providing only studio space and technical support.[6]
The station first went live on the Internet in the fall of 2013 under the fictitious callsign WTJX. A planned Part 15 AM transmitter on 1620 kHz while the station raised money for an FM signal was publicized, but never materialized. WXTJ gained its current callsign as a side effect of applying for an LPFM license in 2015. Although the suffixed callsign WTJX-LP is not in use, FCC rules require approval if any station is already using the base callsign – in this case, WTJX-TV of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, who expressed their opposition.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Due to technical issues, WXTJ is delaying its... - WXTJ 100.1 FM - Student Radio at UVA". University of Virginia/Facebook. August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "---WXTJ IS BACK ON AIR--- - WXTJ 100.1 FM - Student Radio at UVA". University of Virginia/Facebook. September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ "WXTJ-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ a b Mullany, Will (30 June 2015). "Student Radio Station WXTJ To Begin Broadcasting On FM". UVA Today.
- ^ Waits, Jennifer (29 November 2013). "College Radio News Round-Up and LPFM Update". Radio Survivor.
External links
- WXTJ Online
- WXTJ in the FCC FM station database
- WXTJ-LP at FCCdata.org
- WXTJ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- "Radio Station Visit #129 – WTJU at University of Virginia" 2017 article in Radio Survivor
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by frequency & subchannel
- WCYK (810 AM, Crozet)
- WKMZ-LP (96.5 FM)
- WPVC-LP (94.7 FM)
- Nearby regions
- Farmville
- Fredericksburg
- Harrisonburg
- Richmond
- Roanoke-Lynchburg
- See also
- List of radio stations in Virginia
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