WXTJ-LP explained

WXTJ-LP
City:Charlottesville, Virginia
Area:Metro Charlottesville
Branding:"WXTJ"
Airdate:September 5, 2015
Format:Freeform
Power:23 Watts
Haat:62m (203feet)
Class:L1
Facility Id:194838
Coordinates:38.0303°N -78.4894°W
Callsign Meaning:WX Thomas Jefferson
Former Callsigns:WXTJ-LP (2015–Present)
Owner:University of Virginia
Licensee:Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia
Sister Stations:WTJU
Webcast:WXTJ-LP Webstream
Website:WXTJ-LP Online
Licensing Authority:FCC

WXTJ-LP is a Freeform formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Charlottesville, Virginia, owned and operated by the University of Virginia.

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.[1]

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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mullany. Will. Student Radio Station WXTJ To Begin Broadcasting On FM. UVA Today. 30 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Waits. Jennifer. College Radio News Round-Up and LPFM Update. Radio Survivor. 29 November 2013.