WLFJ-FM
Encyclopedia
WLFJ-FM is a non-commercial
Contemporary Christian music
station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina
and serves the Upstate, including Greenville
and Spartanburg
. The Radio Training Network outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to broadcast at 89.3 MHz with an effective radiated power
(ERP) of 41 kW (horizontal) and 37 kW (vertical). The station goes by the name His Radio 89.3 and its current slogan is "Family Friendly - Uplifting and Encouraging." Its sister station is WLFJ-AM, who airs Christian talk programming.
Programming includes music by such artists as Casting Crowns
, TobyMac
, MercyMe
, Michael W. Smith
, Mark Harris
, Laura Story
, Steven Curtis Chapman
, Jeremy Camp
, Avalon
, Toby Mac, and Mark Schultz
, as well a few family ministries such as those of Dr. James Dobson
and Charles Stanley. However, the station focuses primarily on music programming.
format. On HD2, the station has His Radio Z, a progressive youth music channel on HD2, operated by First Baptist Church of Spartanburg and also broadcast on WHRZ-LP
. On HD3, the station has His Radio Praise, a channel that features exclusively Christian praise songs. Both can be listened to online.
to widen its broadcast area, as well as WGFJ in the Greenwood, South Carolina
area.
Non-commercial
Non-commercial refers to an activity or entity that does not in some sense involve commerce, at least relative to similar activities that do have a commercial objective or emphasis...
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina
-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
and serves the Upstate, including Greenville
Greenville, South Carolina
-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
and Spartanburg
Spartanburg, South Carolina
thgSpartanburg is the largest city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is the second-largest city of the three primary cities in the Upstate region of South Carolina, and is located northwest of Columbia, west of Charlotte, and about northeast of...
. The Radio Training Network outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) to broadcast at 89.3 MHz with an effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
(ERP) of 41 kW (horizontal) and 37 kW (vertical). The station goes by the name His Radio 89.3 and its current slogan is "Family Friendly - Uplifting and Encouraging." Its sister station is WLFJ-AM, who airs Christian talk programming.
Programming includes music by such artists as Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns is a Grammy Award and Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian/Christian Rock band. Casting Crowns was started in 1999 by youth pastor Mark Hall at First Baptist Church in Downtown Daytona Beach, Florida as part of a youth group. He now serves as a lead vocalist...
, TobyMac
TobyMac
Toby McKeehan , better known by his stage name TobyMac , is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author....
, MercyMe
MercyMe
MercyMe is an American Christian rock band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul....
, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
, Mark Harris
Mark Harris (musician)
Mark Harris is an American CCM singer.Harris was a member of 4Him from 1990 to 2004. He released his debut solo record in 2005, and followed with a sophomore effort in 2007...
, Laura Story
Laura Story
Laura Story is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter from Spartanburg, South Carolina.Her single off the album "Blessings" became her first to reach No...
, Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...
, Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Camp
Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released seven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold and two are live albums, and 17 number-one hit songs...
, Avalon
Avalon (band)
Avalon is an American contemporary Christian vocal quartet who has earned multiple RIAA-certified gold records, sold four million albums, and released 22 number one Christian hits.- 1995–1997: Formation of Avalon and A Maze of Grace :...
, Toby Mac, and Mark Schultz
Mark Schultz (musician)
Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group...
, as well a few family ministries such as those of Dr. James Dobson
James Dobson
James Clayton "Jim" Dobson, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist, and founder in 1977 of Focus on the Family , which he led until 2003. In the 1980s he was ranked as one of the most influential spokesman for conservative social positions in American public life...
and Charles Stanley. However, the station focuses primarily on music programming.
HD Radio
WLFJ-FM broadcasts in the HD RadioHD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
format. On HD2, the station has His Radio Z, a progressive youth music channel on HD2, operated by First Baptist Church of Spartanburg and also broadcast on WHRZ-LP
WHRZ-LP
"The Z" can also be heard on HD radios at 89.3 HD-2 FM in partnership with His Radio across The Upstate of South Carolina as well as in Savannah GA at His Radio WLFS 91.9FM HD-2 . It is also streaming at www.TheZ.com.-History:...
. On HD3, the station has His Radio Praise, a channel that features exclusively Christian praise songs. Both can be listened to online.
Translators
In addition to the main station, WLFJ-FM is relayed by an additional 14 translatorsBroadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator , rebroadcaster , or repeater is a broadcast transmitter which relays, repeats, or reflects the signal of another radio station or television station, usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station...
to widen its broadcast area, as well as WGFJ in the Greenwood, South Carolina
Greenwood, South Carolina
Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 22,071 at the 2000 census and had slightly increased to 22,710 according to a 2009 estimate.-Geography:...
area.