Broadcast area | Peoria, Illinois |
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Frequency | 94.3 MHz |
Branding | WPMJ Catholic Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Catholic Radio |
Affiliations | EWTN Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Covenant Network |
WOAM (1994–2009) | |
History | |
First air date | 1977 |
Former call signs | WCLL (1977–1984) WTXR (1984–1986) WBZM (1986–1991) WQEZ (1991–1994) WKZW (1994–1997) WFXF (1997–1999) WKSO (1999–2000) WCNL (2000–2003) |
Call sign meaning | Peoria's Magic (original WPMJ station branding) With Prayer Meet Jesus (2009 backronym) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 33882 |
Class | A |
ERP | 6,000 watts |
HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°49′48″N 89°29′54″W / 40.83000°N 89.49833°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | wpmjradio |
WPMJ (94.3 MHz FM) is a radio station licensed for Chillicothe, Illinois in the Peoria, Illinois, area. The station is owned by the Covenant Network[2] and has broadcast a Catholic radio format since September 2009.
Although the station is in the Peoria radio market, it has relatively low power and is required to put a decent signal across Chillicothe, its city of license, with that power. It struggled over the years to find a programming niche, having no less than 10 call signs in its 31 years and going off the air from October 2008 to September 2009.
Official studios for the station are at 108 N. Main St. Suite J on Illinois Route 117 in Eureka, Illinois.[3]