WFJA
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WFJA "Classic Hits
and Oldies
105.5 FM
" is a radio station
licensed to Sanford, North Carolina
, USA. The station is currently owned by WWGP Broadcasting Corporation.
. The station stayed the same until the FCC changed its rules in 1976 on AM-FM simulcasting the same formats. So WWGP-FM changed called letters to WFJA-FM. WFJA stood for We are Frank James Abbott. Frank "Bud" Abbott was the owner of WWGP Broadcasting, having bought it from Waldo Gerald Primm, for which WWGP-AM was named. Later Bud Abbott sold WWGP-AM and WFJA-FM to Richard K. Feindel, and he officially took control on January 13, 1994.
As WWGP-FM, besides country music, it concentrated heavily on local news. Bud Abbott did local news, when he retired from that part of the broadcast, he turned the news over to Joan Merritt. When Joan retired, she turned it over to Margaret Murchison, who at this writing is still the news director. Margaret has won numerous awards and has served as President of the North Carolina Radio News Directors organization. WWGP-FM and later WFJA-FM carried syndicated columnist "Drew Pearson" and later "Jack Anderson". WFJA-FM carried news from the North Carolina News Network (NCNN), originally known as the Tobacco Network (TN) and today the station carries news from ABC Radio News Network.
WWGP-FM had several icons as announcers: Bill Buchanan, who for years did mornings and Bill Cameron who did afternoons. In 1976, WWGP-FM became WFJA-FM and the format shifted to top 40 and oldies. In October 1976, WFJA-FM began to carry Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" and continued to do throughout the 1980s. In 1978, WFJA-FM began to broadcast live announcers, some of which were Frank Parks, Danny Davis, and Bruce Strickland. Johnny Miller handled the Beach Music Show on Sunday nights.
Today WFJA-FM is still the only commercial FM licensed in Lee county to serve not only Lee County, but surrounding counties with almost 3000 watts of power. WFJA-FM carries a satellite music format from Citadel Media called "Classic Hits" and the slogan is "Classic Hits and Oldies 105.5 FM".
In January 2010, WFJA-FM relaunched their website at classichitsandoldies.com.
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
and Oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
105.5 FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
" is a radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Sanford, North Carolina
Sanford, North Carolina
Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,220 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lee County.-Geography:Sanford is located at ....
, USA. The station is currently owned by WWGP Broadcasting Corporation.
History
In 1950, WWGP-FM signed on the air. The format of the station was the same as WWGP-AM, which was country musicCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. The station stayed the same until the FCC changed its rules in 1976 on AM-FM simulcasting the same formats. So WWGP-FM changed called letters to WFJA-FM. WFJA stood for We are Frank James Abbott. Frank "Bud" Abbott was the owner of WWGP Broadcasting, having bought it from Waldo Gerald Primm, for which WWGP-AM was named. Later Bud Abbott sold WWGP-AM and WFJA-FM to Richard K. Feindel, and he officially took control on January 13, 1994.
As WWGP-FM, besides country music, it concentrated heavily on local news. Bud Abbott did local news, when he retired from that part of the broadcast, he turned the news over to Joan Merritt. When Joan retired, she turned it over to Margaret Murchison, who at this writing is still the news director. Margaret has won numerous awards and has served as President of the North Carolina Radio News Directors organization. WWGP-FM and later WFJA-FM carried syndicated columnist "Drew Pearson" and later "Jack Anderson". WFJA-FM carried news from the North Carolina News Network (NCNN), originally known as the Tobacco Network (TN) and today the station carries news from ABC Radio News Network.
WWGP-FM had several icons as announcers: Bill Buchanan, who for years did mornings and Bill Cameron who did afternoons. In 1976, WWGP-FM became WFJA-FM and the format shifted to top 40 and oldies. In October 1976, WFJA-FM began to carry Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" and continued to do throughout the 1980s. In 1978, WFJA-FM began to broadcast live announcers, some of which were Frank Parks, Danny Davis, and Bruce Strickland. Johnny Miller handled the Beach Music Show on Sunday nights.
Today WFJA-FM is still the only commercial FM licensed in Lee county to serve not only Lee County, but surrounding counties with almost 3000 watts of power. WFJA-FM carries a satellite music format from Citadel Media called "Classic Hits" and the slogan is "Classic Hits and Oldies 105.5 FM".
In January 2010, WFJA-FM relaunched their website at classichitsandoldies.com.