WFCJ

WFCJ
City Miamisburg, Ohio
Broadcast area Dayton metropolitan area
Branding 93.7 The Source Or 93.7 WFCJ
Frequency 93.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date January 1961
Format Christian radio
ERP 50,000 Watts
HAAT 150 meters (492 feet)
Class B
Facility ID 41457
Transmitter coordinates 39°39′35.00″N 84°18′53.00″W / 39.6597222°N 84.3147222°W / 39.6597222; -84.3147222
Callsign meaning Witnessing for Christ Jesus[1]
Owner Strong Tower Christian Media
Sister stations WEEC
Webcast The Source
Website wfcj.com

WFCJ (93.7 MHz "The Source") is a 50,000 watt FM radio station licensed to Miamisburg, Ohio, United States, and serving the Dayton metropolitan area, central & southwest Ohio and eastern Indiana. WFCJ is owned by the Miami Valley Christian Broadcasting Association (part of Strong Tower Christian Media) and it airs a Christian radio format combining music and instructional shows.

WFCJ broadcasts in HD.[2] Its HD-2 channel is called "Worship!" and carries religious music around the clock. NOAA Weather Radio station WXJ46 also transmits from the WFCJ tower. WFCJ's studios and offices are in Xenia, Ohio, and the transmitter is off Manning Road in Miamisburg.[3]

Programming

One local host (Ken Kettering) is on staff playing inspirational music 4-6 weekdays from artists such as Hillsong, Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns, Lauren Daigle, and Big Daddy Weave; and features of local interest during drive times. Other hours of the day are devoted to nationally syndicated shows from preachers such as James MacDonald, Charles Stanley, Dennis Rainey, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, and Chuck Swindoll. WFCJ also carries Dave Ramsey's live family finances show. The station is hybrid non-commercial/commercial, depending on both listener support and business sponsors.

Clair Miller (left) and Tracy Figley (at podium) accepting the Milestone Award at the 2012 National Religious Broadcasters Convention

Current programs

Current artists

History

WFCJ first signed on in January 1961,[4] for the purpose of proclaiming the Gospel, leading the lost to Jesus Christ, and leading the Christian into a closer walk with God. Strong Tower Christian Media currently operates two non-profit 50,000 watt Christian radio stations in Ohio serving a wide coverage area including the cities of Dayton, Springfield, Cincinnati, and Columbus, as well as parts of Northern Kentucky and Eastern Indiana. According to its website, WFCJ was the second Christian radio station to go on the air in Ohio and the first in the Dayton area. The organizers, Wilbur Powell, Vernon Wilson, Ray Emby and others, originally sought an AM license but had to settle for an FM outlet, not realizing that in a few decades, most radio listening would be on the FM dial.

One of the first announcers when the station went on the air on January 7, 1961 was a University of Dayton student named Clair Miller, who would, after also being one of the first voices heard on Springfield’s Christian station WEEC later that year, return to WFCJ in May 1980 to serve as the station's General Manager for the next 30 years. Eventually, WFCJ and WEEC agreed to merge together as Strong Tower Christian Media in 2007 with WEEC General Manager Tracy Figley as president of the new corporation and Miller as vice-president. WFCJ and WEEC merged to form Strong Tower Christian Media on February 13, 2008.

For more than 20 consecutive years, WFCJ was home to the same weekday hosts: Mike Hill midnight-6 AM; Bill Nance (1989-2011) and co-host Melody Morris (1999-2011) 6-9 AM; Jim Williams (1979-2015) middays; Stan Ellingson (1986-2014) 3-6 PM and Robin Walton (1988–2018) 6 PM - midnight.

In recognition of WFCJ and WEEC each reaching 50 years of ministry, the National Religious Broadcasters organization honored the stations with the Milestone Award at their 2012 National Convention.[5]

WFCJ (Miamisburg) and WEEC (Springfield) moved together in 2014 into one building owned by Athletes in Action in Xenia.

In addition to its radio ministry in southwest Ohio and online, WFCJ supports Calvary Evangelistic Mission in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Reach Beyond in Colorado Springs, Colorado. which are in keeping with their vision for worldwide outreach. Local ministry partners are Caring Partners International based in Franklin, Ohio, and Life Enrichment Center in Dayton, Ohio.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=58
  3. ↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WFCJ-FM
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2977 page C-194
  5. ↑ http://wfcj.com/about-us/
  6. ↑ Tracy Figley, personal communication via email (September 21, 2017)
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