Branding "106.3 WJPN" First air date May 20, 2016 | Frequency 106.3 FM MHz | |
City Prince William, Virginia Broadcast area Dumfries, Virginia
Montclair, Virginia
Quantico, Virginia
Triangle, Virginia Slogan "The Voice of the JP Nation" | ||
WJPN-LP is a Locally-based Catholic Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Prince William, Virginia, serving Dumfries, Montclair, Quantico and Triangle in Virginia. WJPN-LP is owned and operated by Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School.
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History
Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School filed the original application for what would become WJPN-LP on February 10, 2014. The school spent $250,000 on "permit costs, legal fees, [and] to purchase equipment" for the new station. The majority of the money spent was to "purchase...stadium lights for [the school's] football field". One of those very same lights became the "tower" for the station's antenna.
The station was issued the WJPN-LP callsign on May 29, 2015. Almost a year later, on May 20, 2016, the station began broadcasting for the first time. Five days later, on May 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the station a "License to Cover", allowing it to officially begin broadcasting.
Programming
Initially, WJPN-LP will simulcast the EWTN Catholic Radio Network while the school builds a studio for the station. Afterwards, the station will carry local programming and school sports broadcasts. The school's 2016-2017 curriculum will include a "communications course to teach 25 to 30 interested students about radio broadcasting".