| City of license | Sanford, North Carolina |
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| Branding | Classic Hits 105.5 FM |
| Slogan | The Best Mix of the 60's, 70's and 80's |
| Frequency | 105.5 MHz |
| Format | Classic Hits and Oldies |
| ERP | 2,300 watts |
| HAAT | 148 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 74180 |
| Callsign meaning | We are Frank James Abbott |
| Former callsigns | WWGP-FM (1950-1976) |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio |
| Owner | WWGP Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | classichitsandoldies.com |
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.[1][2]
In 1950, WWGP-FM signed on the air. The format of the station was the same as WWGP-AM, which was country 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".[3]
In January 2010, WFJA-FM relaunched their website at classichitsandoldies.com.
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