WJWJ-FM

WJWJ-FM
Beaufort, South Carolina;
Broadcast area	South Carolina Lowcountry
Frequency	89.9 MHz
Branding	South Carolina Public Radio
Programming
Format	Public Radio - News - Talk
Affiliations	National Public Radio; American Public Media; Public Radio Exchange; BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner	South Carolina Educational TV Commission
History
First air date	August 1, 1980; 44 years ago
Call sign meaning	James M. Waddell, Jr. (former state legislator)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61006
Class	C1
ERP	48,000 watts
HAAT	334 meters (1,097 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	32°42′42″N 80°40′54″W / 32.71167°N 80.68167°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	SouthCarolinaPublicRadio.org

WJWJ-FM (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial, listener-supported public radio station licensed to Beaufort, South Carolina, and serving the South Carolina Lowcountry. It is part of the statewide "News and Talk Network" from South Carolina Public Radio (SCPR) and is a member of National Public Radio (NPR). The offices and studios are on George Rogers Boulevard in Columbia.

WJWJ-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 48,000 watts.^[2] It is a Class C1 station. Its transmitter is off White Hall Road near Green Pond, South Carolina, in Colleton County.^[3] It shares a tower with sister station WJWJ-TV 16, part of the SCETV network. WJWJ's signal covers most of the southeastern part of the state, including Charleston. It also provides rimshot coverage of Savannah, Georgia.

Programming

On weekdays, the "News and Talk Network," including WJWJ-FM, airs news programs from NPR and other public radio networks: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, 1A, Here and Now, On Point, Think, Fresh Air, The World, Marketplace and from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation it carries Q. The BBC World Service runs all night.

On weekends and at 9 and 11 p.m. on weeknights, WJWJ-FM airs one-hour weekly specialty shows from NPR and other networks. They include The Splendid Table, Milk Street Radio, The Moth Radio Hour, Travel with Rick Steves, The TED Radio Hour, The Ezra Klein Show, Radiolab, Reveal, Latino USA, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, On The Media, This American Life, Planet Money, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Living on Earth, Snap Judgment, It's Been A Minute, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Freakonomics Radio and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Specialty music shows heard on weekends including World Cafe, Jazz Night in America and Mountain Stage. SCPR also produces Roots Music Karamu with Osei Chandler, heard on all stations (music network and talk network) on Saturday nights.

History

The station signed on the air on August 1, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-08-01). It began using the same tower as Channel 16 WJWJ-TV and same call sign as the television station, named after James M. Waddell, Jr., a former state legislator.^[4]

At first, WJWJ-FM offered a format of NPR information shows and classical music. In 2001, WJWJ-FM was the first SCPR station to switch to an all-spoken word format as part its "News and Talk Network." At the time, both 91.1 WSVH in Savannah (owned by Georgia Public Radio) and 89.3 WSCI in Charleston (owned by SCPR) provided the WJWJ-FM listening area with fine arts programming while WJWJ-FM could go all news and information, ending all music shows except for a few on weekends.

WJWJ-FM occasionally broke from the network to air local shows from SCETV's studios in Beaufort. However, with the change in formats, all local programming ended. WJWJ-FM's entire schedule is now fed from Columbia. It is the only full-time NPR news/talk station in the area, as WSVH and WSCI still have blocks of classical and other music.