WXTJ-LP
Radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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WXTJ-LP is a Freeform formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Charlottesville, Virginia,[1] owned and operated by the University of Virginia.[6]
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| Broadcast area | Metro Charlottesville |
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| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| Branding | WXTJ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Freeform[1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WTJU | |
| History | |
First air date | September 5, 2015[2][3][4] |
Call sign meaning | Thomas Jefferson |
| Technical information[5] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 194838 |
| Class | L1 |
| ERP | 23 watts |
| HAAT | 62 meters (203 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°1′49.0″N 78°29′22.0″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wxtj |
WXTJ-LP was founded by the staff of WTJU (91.1 FM) in 2013 as a response to low and declining student involvement at WTJU, the university's long-established station. WXTJ is now entirely administered and programmed by students, with WTJU's staff providing only studio space and technical support.[7]
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, which expressed its opposition.[7][8]
