WJCF (AM)

WJCF is an AM broadcasting station at 990 kHz in Muncie, Indiana. The station is presently silent to relocate its transmitter site.

WJCF
CityMuncie, Indiana
Broadcast areaMuncie, Marion
and East Central Indiana
Frequency990 kHz
First air dateFebruary 14, 1965
(as WERK)
FormatContemporary Christian
Power250 watts (daytime)
1 watt (nighttime)
ClassD
Call sign meaning"Where Jesus Comes First"
Former call signsWERK (1965-1999)
WLHN (1999-2007)
WRFM (2007-2019)
OwnerNew Beginnings Movement, Inc.[1]
Sister stationsWNAP-FM, WSDM, and translators
Websitewjcfradio.org (with streaming audio)

History

At 990 kHz, WJCF (then WERK) first signed on in 1965 from a six-tower array south of Muncie. The original WERK "990 WERK" featured a Top 40 format, built by the Poorman family, who operated an ad agency. WERK was the first commercial station in east-central Indiana with a Top 40 format, and for many years competed with WHUT (1470 AM) in Anderson, WGOM (860 AM) in Marion, and with WHON (930 AM) in Richmond. The station was then sold in 1981 to the Galesburg Printing and Publishing Company after Robert Poorman's death.[2]

The station was sold in 1991 from James Beatty to American Hometown Radio Corporation alongside WOKZ (104.9 FM).[3] By that time, the station was airing a contemporary Christian music format. American Hometown sold the pair in 1997 to Dream Weaver Broadcasting.[4]

In 1999, Dream Weaver donated the license to Electronic Applications Radio Service, a nonprofit organization,[5] but did not include the 90-acre (36 ha) transmitter facility. As a result, EARS reactivated the station by means of an STA (special temporary authority) granted by the FCC, returning to the air as WLHN with 67 watts.[6] The call sign was changed to WRFM in March 2003.

Greenfield-based Indiana Community Radio Corporation (ICRC), which operated WJCF-FM 88.1 in Morristown, acquired the station from Electronic Applications Radio Service. After the acquisition by ICRC, the station broadcast a news and information format as "True Talk For Indiana" then flipped to oldies in 2009 utilizing Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel, which was a commercial 24/7 satellite music service offered by Citadel Media. WRFM also previously broadcast via FM translator W230AR 93.9; that translator was moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 2017.

Today, the station broadcasts a simulcast of WNAP-FM.

References
  1. AM Query Results – Audio Division (FCC) USA
  2. FCC History Cards for WJCF
  3. "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 19, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  4. "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. June 20, 1997. p. 6. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  5. "Transactions" (PDF). Radio & Records. February 19, 1999. p. 8. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  6. FCC license

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