City Troy, Ohio Frequency 107.1 MHz | Branding Troy Community Radio | |
Broadcast area Troy and nearby communities Slogan The New 107.1
The Trojan First air date February 14, 2014 (with original callsign WTJW-LP) | ||
WTJN "The New 107.1" is a low-power FM broadcasting station licensed to, located in and serving the city of Troy, Ohio and nearby communities of Tipp City, Casstown, Fletcher and Covington.
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Brief history
Troy Community Radio began initially as a webcaster in September 2012 by Scott Hornberger in the spare bedroom of his home. It briefly broadcast as a micropower radio service at 94.1 in the latter part of 2012 before a new "filing window" (the second of its kind) was announced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow applications for new low power FM stations. The window was opened in the fall of 2013 and the owner promptly applied for a low-power FM license. The application and license was granted on February 13, 2014 with the callsign WTJW-LP. Scott Hornberger and business partner Clint Myers are 1988 graduates of Troy High School.
Troy had had its own FM broadcasting station WTRJ at 96.9 MHz in 1991 but the station changed formats, ownerships and callsigns several times and eventually moving its local base and studio to Dayton as WRNB, a classic soul format before being sold to EMF Broadcasting becoming WOKL, a local affiliate of K-LOVE. It is now WYDA an affiliate of EMF-owned sister network Air 1.
On March 6, 2014, the callsign changed from WTJW-LP to WTJN-LP to better coincide with the callsign meaning TroJaN, a reference to the Troy High School Trojans athletic teams and the local residents who proudly call themselves "Trojans."
The station focuses on the sayings "Local radio the way it was meant to be!" and "Just because it is local, doesn't mean they deserve less."
Programming
Troy Community Radio (TCR) airs a mix of popular music from the 1960s to the present with local high school sports coverage. The Dayton Daily News featured a story of the launch of WTJN (dated April 3, 2014) as did the Troy Daily News.
Clint Myers and Lori Younce host the weekday morning show from 6-10am.
Todd Hollst hosts Flannel Distortion—Classic Alternative Music That Matters on Tuesday's from 7-10pm, and the "Tasty 80s" Wednesdays from 7-10pm.
On air
Clint Myers - Morning Show Host weekdays 6am-10am
Lori Younce - Morning Show Host weekdays 6am-10am
Todd Hollst - Evenings 6pm-midnight
Callsign history
The WTJW callsign had been used as the callsign of an FM station in Humboldt, Tennessee. It is now WHPP.
The WTJN callsign is also used as the name of a non-broadcasting webcaster in Jacksonville, Florida with an Eclectic rock format.