WYPA

WYPA
Cherry Hill, New Jersey;
Broadcast area	Philadelphia/Cherry Hill
Frequency	89.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Air1
Programming
Format	Christian Worship
Subchannels	HD2: WWFM simulcast (Classical)
Affiliations	Air1
Ownership
Owner	Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date	1986 (as WEEE)
Former call signs	WEEE (1986-1995); WSJI (1995-2007); WKVP (2007-2013)
Technical information
Facility ID	7045
Class	A
ERP	1,900 watts (analog); 75 watts (digital)
HAAT	61 meters (200 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°54′43.4″N 74°59′19.6″W / 39.912056°N 74.988778°W
Links
Website	www.air1.com

WYPA (89.5 FM) is a non–commercial Christian Worship formatted FM radio station licensed to serve Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation and is a member of the nationally syndicated Air1 radio network.

WYPA uses HD Radio, and simulcasts the classical programming of WWFM on its HD2 subchannel.^[2]^[3]

History

The station signed on for the first time in 1986 as WEEE, "The Cherry Hill Station" which featured an Easy Listening format and broadcast Cherry Hill related announcements, town meetings and local sports. In 1995, the station changed its call sign to WSJI and featured Contemporary Christian music and preaching.

Formerly owned by Thomas Moffit Sr.'s Broadcast Learning Center, the station was sold to California–based EMF Broadcasting's "K-Love" radio network for $2.5M US; $600,000 cash at closing (including $122,500 escrow deposit) plus $1.85 million promissory note. The sale was brokered by John Pierce and Co. LLC and represented the Educational Media Foundation's entry into the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan radio market. The sale, which began in August 2006, was finalized on 10 January 2007 and the station switched to K–Love's Network feed at 17:00 (EST) the same day. The station's new call sign was WKVP, ostensibly "(K)lo(V)e (P)hiladelphia".

On November 5, 2013, the station changed its call sign to WYPA. The WKVP call sign moved to EMF's Camden, New Jersey station, the former WWIQ (and for 43 years, Family Radio's WKDN).

References

^ "FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WYPA]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
^ "Where to Hear Us WWFM". wwfm.org. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
^ https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=16 HD Radio Guide for Philadelphia^{[dead link]}

External links

Air1's official website
WYPA in the FCC FM station database
WYPA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

39°54′43″N 74°59′20″W / 39.912056°N 74.988778°W / 39.912056; -74.988778

[1] "FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WYPA]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[2] "Where to Hear Us WWFM". wwfm.org. Retrieved 2017-04-27.

[3] ttps://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=16 HD Radio Guide for Philadelphia^{[dead link]}

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