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| Frequency | 91.3MHz (HD Radio) |
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| Branding | HIS radio 91.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian Music |
| Subchannels | HD2: His Radio Z (Christian CHR) HD3: His Radio Praise (Contemporary worship music) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Training Network, Inc. |
| WRTP,WLFJ-FM andWLFS | |
| History | |
First air date | December 16, 1975 (first license granted) |
Call sign meaning | WithLoveForAshville |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2922 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 440watts |
| HAAT | 262 meters (860 ft) |
| Translators | 92.1 MHz W221ET (Asheville) 99.5 W258CA (West Asheville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WLFA (91.3FM) is aradio station broadcasting acontemporary Christian music format toAsheville, North Carolina and the surrounding area. The station is currently owned byRadio Training Network, Inc. and is part of its "His Radio" network. The station mostly simulcasts programming from flagshipWLFJ-FM inGreenville, South Carolina; which operates translators in nearbyHendersonville,Weaverville andBlack Mountain.
Programming includes music by such artists asMercyMe,Michael W. Smith,Point of Grace,Steven Curtis Chapman,Jeremy Camp,Avalon,Toby Mac, andMark Schultz, as well as family ministries such as those ofDr. James Dobson andCharles Stanley.[2]
Jim Robinson started WBMU[3] ("Where Black Means Unity"[4]) on April 7, 1975 as Asheville's firstnonprofit radio station, primarily serving anAfrican-American audience. Programming includedjazz,reggae,funk and talk. As of November 1987 it had been off the air for six months, with plans to sell tominister Kenneth Brantley, who plannedtalk programming.[3]
In January 1988 the station returned to the air asContemporary Christian WKDB but was not successful. A switch toblack gospel music in June, with artists such asJames Cleveland andMighty Clouds of Joy appeared likely to improve the station's popularity, though the signal needed improving andstereo broadcasting was planned.[5] Acall-in talk show was added in August, airing six nights a week.[6]
On September 1, 1992,WLFJ-FM, which obtained the broadcast rights to WKDB, began programming the station with the new letters WLFA.[7]
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