WRJA-FM

WRJA-FM (88.1 FM) is a non-commercial news/talk-formatted radio station located in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, that covers both Columbia and Florence, South Carolina. The station is the flagship of the statewide "NPR News network" from South Carolina Public Radio.

WRJA-FM
CitySumter, South Carolina
Broadcast areaCentral South Carolina
Frequency88.1 MHz
BrandingSouth Carolina Public Radio
SloganYour NPR News Station
Programming
FormatPublic radio, News/Talk
Ownership
OwnerSouth Carolina Educational TV Commission
History
First air dateAugust 25, 1975
Former call signsWMPR (1975–1980)[1]
Call sign meaningR. J. Aycock[2]
Technical information
Facility ID60974
ClassC
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT305 meters
Links
Websitescpublicradio.org

Station history

The station signed on as WMPR on August 25, 1975, as part of the South Carolina Educational Radio Network, featuring programming from SCERN as well as National Public Radio (NPR). It became WRJA-FM in 1980.

In 2001, the station (along with WJWJ-FM Beaufort/Charleston and WHMC Conway/Myrtle Beach) began a separate program schedule from the rest of the SCERN stations, with a format of NPR news, talk and information.

gollark: ↑ known letter of the alphabet
gollark: I read a convincing and well-cited internet article on the health/etc benefits of weightlifting then proceeded to entirely ignore it in the several years since.
gollark: Fascinating. Sounds like an inconvenient time to do that.
gollark: Denied.
gollark: Naturally.

References
  1. "FCC History Cards for WRJA-FM".
  2. "South Carolina Educational Television Commission Program Evaluation Report [July 2018]" (PDF). South Carolina House of Representatives.


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