WJYI (103.1 FM) is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Tifton, Georgia, United States, the station is owned by Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). It is funded, managed and operated by students with the assistance of a faculty advisor.[2]

WJYI
Frequency103.1 MHz
Programming
FormatVariety
Ownership
OwnerAbraham Baldwin Agricultural College
History
First air date
March 1974 (1974-03)
Former call signs
WABR-FM (1974–1988)
WPLH (1988–2022)
Former frequencies
90.5 MHz
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID317
ClassD
ERP29 watts
HAAT70.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
31°28′51.00″N 83°31′38.00″W / 31.4808333°N 83.5272222°W / 31.4808333; -83.5272222
Links
Public license information

History

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The station went on the air as WABR-FM in 1974.[3] On June 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WPLH. The WABR call letters were transferred to a new Peach State Radio transmitter. The tower for the new, higher-power public radio station was intended to be built on University of Georgia property, but a surveying error placed the site on an ABAC pasture and, with FCC and FAA approval already secured, it had to be built on college property.[4]

In 2008, WPLH began streaming the on-air broadcast over the internet.[5]

In the FCC non-commercial stations filing window of 2021, ABAC received a construction permit for a new 265-watt station at 88.3 MHz. The WJYI call sign was assigned to the construction permit and then switched with WPLH on August 3, 2022, as WPLH's programming moved to the higher-power facility.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJYI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WJYI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ FCC History Cards for WJYI
  4. ^ Chason, Michael (May 20, 2014). "The History of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College". p. 19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ^ "WJYI Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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