WSAJ (AM)

DWSAJ
Frequency1340 kHz
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatDefunct (was College radio)
Ownership
OwnerGrove City College
WSAJ-FM
History
First air date
November 29, 1922 (as WSAJ)
Last air date
On or before January 30, 2006
Former call signs
8CO
8YV
WSAJ (1922-January 30, 2006)[1]
Former frequencies
360 meters
1180 kHz (Fall 1924)
1310 kHz (-March 29, 1941)
Call sign meaning
Sequentially issued
Technical information
Facility ID25462
ClassC
Power100 watts

WSAJ was one of the earliest AM educational radio stations, licensed November 29, 1922 – January 30, 2006 to Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. The station traced its founding to broadcasts made over "Technical and Training School" station 8YV, which began in March 1920.

WSAJ broadcast from Rockwell Science Hall on the college campus. The station was one of the last to use a horizontal longwire antenna, which in WSAJ's case was strung between 2 wooden poles, instead of more modern vertical tower radiators.[2][3]

  1. ^ Callsign history for deleted WSAJ (DWSAJ) (FCC.gov) Retrieved September 10, 2016
  2. ^ "Era Ends at Pennsylvania's WSAJ" by Scott Fybush, February 6, 2006 (fybush.com)
  3. ^ Tribute Page for WSAJ (hamgallery.com)