WJMJ

WJMJ
City	Hartford, Connecticut
Broadcast area	Hartford and New Haven
Slogan	Catholic Radio – Where Faith Meets Life
Frequency	88.9 MHz
First air date	1976
Format	Diversified
ERP	6,200 watts, Stereo
HAAT	185 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	62175
Callsign meaning	Jesus Mary Joseph
Owner	St. Thomas Seminary Bloomfield Connecticut
Sister stations	Translators on 93.1 in Hamden, CT and 107.1 in New Haven, CT
Website	www.ortv.org/WJMJ/wjmj.htm

WJMJ is a non-commercial radio station licensed to St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut, broadcasting on 88.9 FM, with translators on 107.1 in New Haven, Connecticut and on 93.1 in Hamden, Connecticut. WJMJ reaches central Connecticut, south central and western Massachusetts, and also streams online. The main tower is located on top of Johnnycake Mountain in Burlington, Connecticut. JMJ stands for Jesus Mary Joseph. The current programming consists of "music you can't hear anywhere else," including adult contemporary, jazz, soft rock, adult standards, classical music, and Roman Catholic religious programming, along with ABC News. The slogan for the station is “Catholic Radio – Where Faith Meets Life”.

In 1976, WJMJ was founded by the late Archbishop John F. Whealon, as a way to bring the Gospel to a wider audience through a format of inspiring messages and pleasant music. WJMJ claims to be the first archdiocesan-operated radio station in the United States. When WJMJ first went on the air the studios were located in Glastonbury, Connecticut. They moved to Bloomfield in the early 1980s. A fire tower originally stood where the WJMJ radio tower now stands. In 2009, the WJMJ studios were moved to Prospect, CT, which also houses the Office of Radio and Television of the Archdiocese of Hartford.

WJMJ replaced most of their non-Catholic programming in June 2008. “Festival of Faith”, the 14-hour block of radio shows on Sunday which ranged from short inspirational spots to recorded worship services or talk shows produced by an assortment of area Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches was replaced beginning Sunday, June 1, 2008 by local Catholic programming, as well as material from the EWTN network. WJMJ also carries live Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Saturday afternoons.

After many years of broadcasting in monaural, stereo broadcasts have begun in January 2009.

External links

Comments re: WJMJ Replacing Non-Catholic Programs (Topix)

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Radio stations in the Hartford–New Britain–Middletown, Connecticut market

By AM frequency	840 910 1080 1150 1170 1230 1290 1360 1410 1480 1550 Springfield, Massachusetts 560

By FM frequency	88.9 89.3 89.9 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.9 99.1 100.5 101.3 102.9 104.1 104.9 105.9 106.9 Springfield, Massachusetts 93.1 94.7 102.1

By callsign	WAQY WCCC-FM WCTF WDRC WDRC-FM WERB WHCN WHYN WHYN-FM WIHS WJMJ WKCI-FM WKND WKSS WLAT WMAS-FM WMRD WMRQ-FM WNEZ WNPR WNWW WPLR WPOP WQTQ WRCH WRYM WSDK WTIC WTIC-FM WUCS WWUH WWYZ WZBG WZMX

Connecticut radio markets Bridgeport Danbury Hartford–New Britain–Middletown New Haven New London Stamford–Norwalk See also List of radio stations in Connecticut

Coordinates: 41°45′11″N 72°59′38″W / 41.753°N 72.994°W / 41.753; -72.994

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