WGHJ

WGHJ
City	Fair Bluff, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Whiteville, North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Branding	Good News Network
Frequency	105.3 MHz
First air date	2003 (as WSIM)
Format	Christian radio
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	150 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	78329
Transmitter coordinates	34°17′1.00″N 78°48′9.00″W / 34.2836111°N 78.8025000°W / 34.2836111; -78.8025000
Former callsigns	WSIM (2000–2003) WPPG (2003–2004) WNFI (2004–2005) WODR (2005-2015)
Affiliations	Good News Network
Owner	Augusta Radio Fellowship Institute
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	gnnradio.org

WGHJ (105.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Fair Bluff, North Carolina, USA, and serving the Whiteville, North Carolina area, the station is owned by Augusta Radio Fellowship Institute.^[1]^[2]

History

The station went on the air as WSIM on May 2, 2000. On June 18, 2003, the station changed its call sign to WPPG, then to WNFI on September 7, 2004, on March 22, 2005 to WODR, and on December 15, 2015 to the current WGHJ.^[3] In June 2003, WPPG began playing a mix of music - Woody Guthrie might be followed by R. L. Burnside, John Prine and Phish, for example. This was called Triple-A. The Penguin, also heard on 106.7 FM starting in August, was "a different kind of bird" that played "the music you've been waiting for." Program director Mark Keefe came from WNCW.^[4] Later, this station played oldies. As Radio Fiesta, the station's format was Regional Mexican, with its programming also heard on WOLH and WHYM in Florence, South Carolina and WFMO, which is licensed to Fairmont, North Carolina.

In 2008, WODR owner The Padner Group planned studios in Whiteville, North Carolina and a new beach music format called "Cool 105.3," along with a signal increase to 11 kilowatts. James E. Reddish, known to listeners of WIXE in Monroe, North Carolina as James Edward "Foxx", became general manager.^[5] The change took effect September 29, with Foxx as morning host.^[6]

Effective December 15, 2015, WODR was sold to Augusta Radio Fellowship Institute and switched to Good News Network's Christian radio format, under new WGHJ call letters.

References

↑ "WGHJ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WGHJ Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "WGHJ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ John Staton, "Will the Penguin Rise or Fall?" Star-News, November 27, 2003.
↑ Steve Palisin, "More Beach Music Hits Local Radio," The Sun News, August 30, 2008.
↑ Steve Palisin, "Cool 105.3 FM at Full Power," The Sun News, September 28, 2008.

External links

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Radio-Locator information on WGHJ

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