WVOJ

WVOJ
City Fernandina Beach, Florida
Broadcast area Jacksonville area
Branding La Raza 92.9
Frequency 1570 kHz
Translator(s) 92.9 W222CL (Fernanda Beach)
First air date November 30, 1955 (as WFBF)
Format Silent, was Regional Mexican
Power 10,000 watts day
30 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 49214
Transmitter coordinates 30°40′33.00″N 81°27′35.00″W / 30.6758333°N 81.4597222°W / 30.6758333; -81.4597222
Callsign meaning W Voice Of Jacksonville
Former callsigns WHOG (1981-1990)
WQAI (1990-1998)
WYHI (1998-1999)
WGSR (1999-2004)
WNNR (2004)
Owner Norsan Consulting And Management, Inc.
Website LaRazaLaRaza.com/Jacksonville

WVOJ (1570 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station, licensed to Fernandina Beach, Florida, and serving the Jacksonville metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Norsan Consulting And Management, Inc.[1] WVOJ airs a Regional Mexican radio format, largely simulcast with several other radio stations in the Southern U. S., including North Carolina and South Carolina.

WVOJ broadcasts at 10,000 watts by day. But because AM 1570 is a clear channel frequency, WVOJ must reduce its power at night to only 30 watts to avoid interfering with other radio stations. Programming is also heard on FM translator W222CL at 92.9 MHz. The station uses its translator's dial position in its moniker "La Raza 92.9." Norsan Consulting has an application with the Federal Communications Commission to move the AM station's city of license to Orange Park, Florida, increase its daytime power to 50,000 watts and its nighttime power to 10,000 watts, using a directional antenna.[2]

History

The station was first licensed on November 30, 1955.[3] The station was assigned the call sign WHOG on July 9, 1981. On October 19, 1990, the station changed its call letters to WQAI. Then on January 30, 1998 to WYHI, again on June 25, 1999 to WGSR, on January 16, 2004 to WNNR, and finally 13 days later to the current WVOJ.[4]

On January 11, 2017, WVOJ went silent.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "WVOJ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ FCC.gov/WVOJ
  3. ↑ Link to WVOJ's history cards. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ "WVOJ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ FCC's list of silent A.M. stations as of April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.


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