WLJR
Encyclopedia
WLJR is a non-commercial educational
radio station
licensed
to serve Birmingham, Alabama
, USA. The station is owned by Briarwood Presbyterian Church
.
WLJR broadcasts a religious radio format to the greater Birmingham area. The station derives a portion of its programming from the Moody Broadcasting Network
.
from the Federal Communications Commission
on November 4, 1992
. The new station was assigned the call letters WLJR by the FCC on February 10, 1993. After several extensions, WLJR received its license to cover
from the FCC on June 4, 1998.
Non-commercial educational
The term non-commercial educational applies to a radio station or TV station that does not accept on air advertisements , as defined in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission . NCE stations do not pay broadcast license fees for their non-profit uses of the radio spectrum...
radio station
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
, USA. The station is owned by Briarwood Presbyterian Church
Briarwood Presbyterian Church
Briarwood Presbyterian Church was formed in 1960 by the Rev. Frank M. Barker, Jr. and is located in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. It is a conservative evangelical Protestant congregation, and has been so since its inception. In 1999, Barker retired after serving as the senior pastor for 40 years,...
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WLJR broadcasts a religious radio format to the greater Birmingham area. The station derives a portion of its programming from the Moody Broadcasting Network
Moody Broadcasting Network
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History
More than five years after the initial application was filed, this station received its original construction permitConstruction permit
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from the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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on November 4, 1992
1992 in radio
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. The new station was assigned the call letters WLJR by the FCC on February 10, 1993. After several extensions, WLJR received its license to cover
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
from the FCC on June 4, 1998.