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WLJR

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City
  
Birmingham, Alabama

First air date
  
February 20, 1998

ERP
  
370 watts

Frequency
  
88.5 MHz

Format
  
Religious

Slogan
  
"Reach Birmingham to Reach the World for Christ"

WLJR (88.5 FM) 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 majority of its programming from the Moody Broadcasting Network. It is also available online at playwljr.com

History

More than five years after the initial application was filed, this station received its original construction permit 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. On-air broadcasting began February 20, 1998. In December 2013 WLJR began streaming on the Internet. This Internet stream may be accessed through the station's website, or directly at www.playwljr.com.

References

WLJR Wikipedia