WHRZ-LP | |
City: | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Branding: | The Z |
Airdate: | May 19, 2005 |
Frequency: | 104.1 MHz |
Format: | Christian CHR |
Haat: | 43.5m (142.7feet) |
Erp: | 47 watts |
Class: | L1 |
Facility Id: | 131757 |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
Coordinates: | 34.9503°N -81.9275°W |
Callsign Meaning: | "Hangar Radio" (former branding) |
Owner: | First Baptist Church of Spartanburg |
Webcast: | Listen Live |
WHRZ-LP (104.1 FM, "The Z") is a non-commercial low-power radio station in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Owned by the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, it broadcasts a youth-oriented Christian CHR format. The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast with an ERP of 47 watts (.047 kW). Its transmitter is located on the former WSPA-TV tower in downtown Spartanburg. The station has a range of approximately 10 miles, although it reaches a wider audience via FM translators, and syndication of its programming on HD Radio subchannels of WLFJ-FM and WLFS.
The station originally signed on in May 2005, broadcasting a Christian CHR format targeting teenagers and young adults. It initially used the branding Hangar Radio Z, referencing the nickname for the Church's recently-constructed youth center ("The Hangar"), which also housed the station's studios.[1]
In addition to the main station at 104.1, the station operates multiple FM translators to broaden its coverage over the upstate of South Carolina, as well as the Charleston area:
As part of an agreement with Radio Training Network, the station's programming is also syndicated on the HD Radio subchannels of WLFJ-FM/Greenville and WLFS/Port Wentworth—co-branded as His Radio Z.