WAAJ (FM)

WAAJ
Broadcast areaPaducah, Kentucky
Murray, Kentucky
Frequency90.5 MHz
BrandingMissionary Radio
Programming
FormatSouthern Gospel
Ownership
OwnerPennyrile Christian Community, Inc.
WVHM, WTRT
History
First air date
June 30, 1989[1]
Former call signs
WVHM (1989–2023)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID26646
ClassC3
ERP16,500 watts
HAAT102 meters
Transmitter coordinates
36°48′31″N 88°13′26″W / 36.80861°N 88.22389°W / 36.80861; -88.22389
Repeater(s)W206BB (89.1 FM, Madisonville, Kentucky)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitemissionary.radio

WAAJ (90.5 FM) is a Southern Gospelformatted radio station licensed to Benton, Kentucky, United States, and serving the greater Jackson Purchase area of western Kentucky, including Paducah. The station is currently owned by Pennyrile Christian Community, Inc. as part of a triopoly with Christian radio station WTRT (88.1 FM) and contemporary Christian station WVHM (89.7 FM).[3] All three stations share studios on College Street in downtown Hardin, Kentucky, while its transmitter facilities are off Dowdy Cemetery Road south of Benton.

In order to broaden its broadcast and listening area, WAAJ operates an FM translator on 89.1 FM (W206BB) in Madisonville, Kentucky. That station's transmitter is located on the campus of the North Campus of the Madisonville Community College.

  1. ^ "About WVHM". Heartland Ministries. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAAJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "WAAJ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.