WBFJ

WBFJ (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian Talk and Teaching format. Licensed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Piedmont Triad area and is currently owned by Word of Life Broadcasting, INC..

History

The station began broadcasting in 1960 from a transmitter and studios on Northwest Blvd. with the call letters WPEG (based on the name of then-owner Nick Reisenweiver's wife, Peggy). The theme song was "Peg O' My Heart".^[1] The station broadcast a popular music and light classical format first before becoming the area's first country music station in 1963.^[2] In October 1966, Suburban Radio Group of Belmont, North Carolina bought WPEG and changed its letters to WFCM.^[3] After its 1971 sale to Rev. Robert A. Mayer, Pastor D.W. Long of Thomasville, North Carolina became manager^[4] and WFCM became Southern Gospel and preaching. In 1979, WBFJ-AM moved its studios to Trenwest Drive in Winston-Salem and began playing a mix of Contemporary Christian music (CCM) and Christian teaching & talk. In the early 1990s, WBFJ-AM moved its studios to their current location on North Trade Street and began broadcasting in AM stereo. In September 1994, sister station WBFJ-FM signed on the air with a CCM format, and the AM assumed an all-teaching-and-talk format, keeping its AM stereo signal.^[5]

The station was previously owned by Forsyth Broadcasting and Quality Media.

Coverage Population

There is no reliable information on the population able to receive this station

Listeners

There is no reliable information on the number of listeners to this station

References

External links

• official website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WBFJ
• Radio-Locator Information on WBFJ
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WBFJ