WJFN-FM
{{short description|News/talk radio station in Goochland, Virginia}}
{{other uses|WJFN (disambiguation){{!}}WJFN}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WJFN-FM
| logo =
| logo_size =
| city = Goochland, Virginia
| area = Goochland, Virginia
Goochland County, Virginia
| branding = Newstalk WJFN
| frequency = 100.5 MHz
| repeater = 820 WJFN (Chester)
| airdate = 2001
| format = Conservative talk
| erp = 2,600 watts
| haat = {{convert|155.2|meters}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 87127
| coordinates = {{coord|37|47|37.0|N|77|55|57.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = John Fredericks (owner)
| former_callsigns = WZEZ (2000–2017)
WLRB (2017–2018)
WVNZ-FM (2018)
WJFN (2018–2020)
| affiliations = Genesis Communications Network
Townhall News
Westwood One
Pittsburgh Steelers
West Virginia Mountaineers
| owner = John Fredericks
| licensee = MAGA Radio Network, LLC
| sister_stations = WJFN
| webcast = [https://www.wjfnradio.com/listen/ Listen Live]
| website = [https://wjfnradio.com/ wjfnradio.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WJFN-FM (100.5 MHz) is a conservative talk-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Goochland, Virginia, serving Goochland and Goochland County, Virginia. WJFN-FM is owned by John Fredericks, through licensee MAGA Radio Network, LLC.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WJFN|title=WJFN-FM Facility Record|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} Fredericks hosts the weekday morning show at the station, with other daily shows including syndicated talkers Mark Levin and Steve Bannon.
History
As WZEZ, the station broadcast a soft adult contemporary format as "EZ 100.5" until February 1, 2014, when Red Zebra Broadcasting began programming it under a local marketing agreement with a simulcast of sports station WXGI, under the "Sports FM 100.5" branding.{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=ESPN Richmond Adds FM Simulcast |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/87482/espn-richmond-adds-fm-simulcast/ |accessdate=May 11, 2020 |work=RadioInsight |date=January 28, 2014}} Educational Media Foundation acquired WZEZ from the Delmarva Educational Association for $125,000 in 2016 and made it Richmond's K-Love station;{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=EMF Buys In Palm Springs & Richmond |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/108988/emf-buys-in-palm-springs-richmond/ |accessdate=May 11, 2020 |work=RadioInsight |date=November 3, 2016}} on February 1, 2017, the call sign was changed to WLRB.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (WJFN-FM) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=87127&Callsign=WJFN-FM |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |accessdate=May 11, 2020}}
EMF sold WLRB to Truth Broadcasting Corporation (whose principals, Stuart and Nancy Epperson, are also associated with Delmarva Educational Association) for $150,000 in 2018;{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Station Sales Week Of 6/8 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/168844/station-sales-week-of-6-8/ |accessdate=May 11, 2020 |work=RadioInsight |date=June 8, 2018}} while the sale was taking place, the station changed its call sign to WVNZ-FM on July 24 and began carrying Radio Nueva Vida.{{cite news |title=Illinois Combo, Alabama FM Translator Sold |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/180373/illinois-combo-alabama-fm-translator-sold |accessdate=May 11, 2020 |work=All Access |date=October 1, 2018 |language=en}} The call sign was changed to WJFN on September 27, 2018; that October, John Fredericks began leasing the station to program a conservative talk format.{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/featured/171803/new-conservative-talker-rimshots-richmond/ |title=New Conservative Talker Rimshots Richmond|publisher=RadioInsight|accessdate=2018-11-08}} Fredericks bought the station outright for $155,000 effective December 20, 2019.{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Station Sales Week Of 10/18 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/181163/station-sales-week-of-10-18/ |accessdate=May 11, 2020 |work=RadioInsight |date=October 18, 2019}}
File:WJFN 100.5newstalk logo.png
Through sister company Disruptor Radio, John Fredericks agreed to buy similarly-formatted WNTW in Chester from Delmarva Educational Association in 2020;{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Station Sales Week Of 3/20 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/185409/station-sales-week-of-3-20/ |accessdate=May 11, 2020 |work=RadioInsight |date=March 20, 2020}} WNTW already carried Fredericks' program, an arrangement that predated his acquisition of WJFN. WJFN added the "-FM" suffix to its call sign on April 6, 2020, allowing Disruptor to request the unsuffixed WJFN callsign for WNTW.{{cite web |title=Media Bureau Call Sign Actions |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-364251A1.pdf |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |accessdate=May 11, 2020 |date=May 11, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.wjfnradio.com/ WJFN Online]
- {{FM station data|87127|WJFN-FM}}
{{Richmond Radio}}
Category:Radio stations established in 2001
Category:2001 establishments in Virginia
Category:Conservative talk radio
Category:Talk radio stations in the United States
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