WJFA
talk radio station in Apollo, Pennsylvania, United States
WJFA (910 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Apollo, Pennsylvania, and serving the northeast suburbs of the Greater Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area in Western Pennsylvania. The station carries a conservative talk radio format simulcast with WJFG 1480 AM in Latrobe. Both stations are owned by John Fredericks, through licensee Disruptor Radio LLC. They formerly carried the syndicated JACK-FM programming service.
WJFA is powered at 5,000 watts by day. But to avoid interfering with other stations on 910 AM, it greatly reduces power at night to 69 watts. The FM transmitter is off Devinney Road in Crabtree, Pennsylvania. The AM transmitter remains off Route 66 in Orchard Hills, Kiskiminetas Township, just north of Apollo, Pennsylvania. Programming is also heard on 150 watt FM translator 98.7 W254CR.
History
Early years
The construction permit for this radio station was first applied for on February 1, 1947; it was granted on July 3. The station's original assigned frequency was 890 kHz and power output at 250 watts daytime. The FCC allowed the change in May 1947.
“WJFA” enters the record as talk radio station in Apollo, Pennsylvania, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WJFA, talk and radio can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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