WAJR (AM)
City | Morgantown, West Virginia |
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Broadcast area | North Central West Virginia |
Frequency | 1440 AM kHz |
Branding | Full Service 1440 WAJR |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk/Sports[1] |
Affiliations | Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network West Virginia MetroNews |
Ownership | |
Owner | West Virginia Radio Corporation |
WBRB, WBTQ, WDNE, WDNE-FM, WELK, WFBY, WFGM-FM, WKKW, WKMZ, WVAQ, WWLW | |
History | |
First air date | December 7, 1940[2] |
Former call signs | WAJR (1940-Present)[3] |
Call sign meaning | W Agnes J. Reeves Greer former owner |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 71671 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts daytime 500 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°40′34.0″N 80°0′12.0″W / 39.676111°N 80.003333°W |
Translator(s) | 104.5 W283CR (Morgantown) |
Links | |
Webcast | WAJR Webstream |
Website | WAJR Online |
WAJR is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Morgantown, West Virginia, serving North Central West Virginia.[1] WAJR is owned and operated by West Virginia Radio Corporation.[4]
For decades, WAJR was the flagship station for West Virginia Mountaineers football and basketball. However, that role has since been taken on by WZST.
FM Translator[]
In addition to the main station at 1440 kHz, WAJR is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area, especially at night when the AM station reduces power to 500 watts. Translator W283CR is owned by Morgantown, West Virginia-based West Virginia Radio Corporation.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID |
ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
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W283CR | 104.5 | Morgantown, West Virginia | 143294 | 250 | D | FCC LMS |
References[]
- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-589. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ^ "WAJR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
External links[]
- Full Service 1440 WAJR Online
- WAJR in the FCC AM station database
- WAJR on Radio-Locator
- WAJR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Categories:
- 1940 establishments in West Virginia
- News and talk radio stations in the United States
- Sports radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1940
- Radio stations in West Virginia