WFJS

Infobox Radio station
name = WFJS


city = Trenton, New Jersey
area =
branding = "Domestic Church Radio"
slogan =
airdate = 1947-01-20 (on 1490 kc.)
frequency = 1260 kHz (since 1952)
format = religious
power = 5,000 watts (day) 2,500 watts (night)
class = B
facility_id = 53443
coordinates = coord|40|15|56.00|N|74|45|27.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = Fulton J. Sheen (archbishop)
former_callsigns = WTRT (1978-1980)
WKXW (1980-1981)
WBUD (1947-1978, 1981-2008)
owner = Domestic Church Media Foundation
licensee = Millennium Central New Jersey License Holdco, LLC
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://wfjs.org/ wfjs.org]
affiliations =

WFJS (1260 AM, "Domestic Church Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a religious format to the Trenton, New Jersey, USA area. The station is currently owned by the Domestic Church Media Foundation, a catholic-based organisation based in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WBUD |title=WBUD Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

History

The station went on the air as WBUD on January 20, 1947, on a frequency of 1490 kHz. In 1952, WBUD moved to its current frequency of 1260 kHz. During a period in the late 1970s, the station held the call letters WTRT. On May 29, 1980, the station adopted the call letters WKXW. It reverted to the original call sign WBUD on September 1, 1981 and has held those call letters ever since. [ cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/piratejim/njamhistory7.html |title=New Jersey AM Radio History] [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=53443&Callsign=WBUD |title=WBUD Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

Years later, WBUD was airing oldies music known as "Great Gold Radio".

On February 2006, WBUD has switched to ABC Radio's "Unforgettable Favorites" satellite feed airing a soft oldies/adult contemporary format. Despite the merger of "Unforgettable Favorites" and "Timeless Classics" that same year, it has maintained its format.

On March 31, 2008, the station switched to a sports radio format as part of the Fox Sports Radio network. The station aired Fox Sports Radio all day except from noon until 3:00 P.M. when it airs Premiere's Jim Rome Show.

It was announced by Millennium Radio Group on July 25, 2008 that WBUD would be sold to Domestic Church Media Foundation, which will drop Fox Sports Radio in favor of religious programming (mainly from EWTN).cite news |title=Catholic group to drop WBUD sports format |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--wbud-sale0725jul25,0,2085873.story |format= |work=Associated Press, Newsday |date=2008-07-25 |accessdate=2008-08-04 ] The sale was completed on September 10, 2008 and the format flip will take place on September 15, 2008 [ [http://www.radio-info.com/news/index.php?date=2008-09-10 Radio-Info.com News for September 10, 2008] ]

On September 14, 2008, WBUD had its final day of broadcasting before the new religious format, featuring the station's automated "Great Gold" oldies format, as well as Jack Pinto's "Sunday Sinatra" program, live in the studio. The station returned to Fox Sports at 2PM after playing its final song, "Yesterday's Gone", by Chad and Jeremy. [ [http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,109262.0.html#top Radio-Info: "WBUD now airing a final day broadcast..."] ]

On September 15, 2008, WBUD officially flipped to a Catholic-based religious format, as "Domestic Church Radio", named after the owner. On September 22, 2008, the station changed its calls to WFJS, named after Fulton J. Sheen, an archbishop who had used broadcasting (particularly television) to deliver the message about the Catholic faith. The station's studios will also be renamed as "The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Media Evangelization". [ [http://wfjs.org/wbud_1260am.htm WFJS: " Domestic Church Media Foundation Announces Purchase OF WBUD 1260 AM in Trenton, NJ"] ]

References

External links

* [http://wfjs.org/ WFJS official website]