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WTRJ-FM

Radio station in Orange Park–Jacksonville, Florida

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ14686567
Source-derived summary

WTRJ-FM (91.7 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to Orange Park, Florida. The station is currently owned by Delmarva Educational Association and airs a Christian talk and teaching radio format using the moniker "The Truth." It is simulcast on 91.9 WAYL in St. Augustine, Florida, and 91.3 WATY in Folkston, Georgia. WTRJ covers the City of Jacksonville and its adjacent communities, while WAYL covers the southern part of the Jacksonville metropolitan area and WATY covers the northern section. Programming is also broadcast on WAYL's two translator stations in Jacksonville (94.3 MHz) and Atlantic Beach, Florida (103.7 MHz).

The Truth carries a schedule of national religious leaders, including David Jeremiah, Charles Stanley, John MacArthur, Jim Daly and Chuck Swindoll. Hosts may seek donations during their programs. Some programming is supplied by the Salem Radio Network.

WTRJ's transmitter is off Hogan Road in Jacksonville. The studios and offices are also in Jacksonville, on Bonneval Road.

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The public source identifies “WTRJ-FM” as radio station in Orange Park–Jacksonville, Florida. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WTRJ-FM, Radio and station.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 154-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with WTRJ-FM, Radio and station providing the first useful test.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14686567. Authority coordinates are 30.623, -81.530. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from WTRJ-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.