WXTJ-LP

WXTJ-LP
City Charlottesville, Virginia
Broadcast area Metro Charlottesville
Branding "WXTJ"
Frequency 100.1 FM MHz
First air date September 5, 2015[1][2]
Format Freeform[3]
Power 23 Watts
HAAT 62 meters (203 ft)
Class L1
Facility ID 194838
Transmitter coordinates 38°1′49.0″N 78°29′22.0″W / 38.030278°N 78.489444°W / 38.030278; -78.489444
Callsign meaning WX Thomas Jefferson
Former callsigns WXTJ-LP (2015-Present)[4]
Owner University of Virginia
(Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia)
Sister stations WTJU
Webcast WXTJ-LP Webstream
Website WXTJ-LP Online

WXTJ-LP is a Freeform formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Charlottesville, Virginia,[3] owned and operated by the University of Virginia.[5]

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.[6]

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.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Due to technical issues, WXTJ is delaying its... - WXTJ 100.1 FM - Student Radio at UVA". University of Virginia/Facebook. August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "---WXTJ IS BACK ON AIR--- - WXTJ 100.1 FM - Student Radio at UVA". University of Virginia/Facebook. September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ "WXTJ-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Mullany, Will (30 June 2015). "Student Radio Station WXTJ To Begin Broadcasting On FM". UVA Today.
  7. ↑ Waits, Jennifer (29 November 2013). "College Radio News Round-Up and LPFM Update". Radio Survivor.
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