WFCJ (93.7 FM "93.7 The Light") is a radio station licensed to

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, serving the

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. Owned by Strong Tower Christian Media, it broadcasts a

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radio format. The station is funded by both advertising and listener donations. Some of the national religious leaders heard on WFCJ include

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Chuck Swindoll Charles Rozell Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded ''Insight for Living'', headquartered in Frisco, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more t ...

, Jim Daly and

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. Strong Tower Christian Media operates two 50,000

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Christian radio stations in Ohio. WFCJ and 100.7

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serve the cities of

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, Middletown,

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and parts of Northern

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and eastern

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. WFCJ broadcasts in the

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hybrid format. Its HD2 channel carries religious music branded as ''Worship!''.

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station WXJ46 also transmits from the WFCJ tower. WFCJ's

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s and offices are off Home Avenue (

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) in

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, and the transmitter is off Manning Road in Miamisburg.

History

WFCJ first

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the air on January 7, 1961. It was owned by the Miami Valley Christian Broadcasting Association and at first was powered at only 6,800 watts. According to its website, WFCJ was the second Christian radio station to go on the air in Ohio and the first in the Dayton area. The organizers, Wilbur Powell, Vernon Wilson, Ray Emby and others, originally sought an AM license but had to settle for an FM outlet, not realizing that in a few decades, most radio listening would be on the FM dial. One of the first announcers when the station went on the air on January 7, 1961, was a University of Dayton student named Clair Miller. Miller was also one of the first voices heard on Springfield's Christian station WEEC later that year, returning to WFCJ in May 1980 to serve as the station's General Manager for the next 30 years. In 2007, WFCJ and WEEC agreed to merge under the name Strong Tower Christian Media. WEEC General Manager Tracy Figley served as president of the new corporation and Miller as vice-president. On February 13, 2008, the merger was consummated. For more than 20 consecutive years, WFCJ was home to the same weekday hosts: Bill Nance (1989-2011) and Melody Morris (1999-2011) 6-9 AM; Jim Williams (1979-2015) 6 AM-3 PM; Stan Ellingson (1986-2014) 3-6 PM, Robin Walton (1988–2018) 6 PM - midnight and Mike Hill from midnight to 6 AM. In 2012, Strong Tower Christian Media announced that WFCJ and WEEC would consolidate their operations into new facilities in

. The stations are housed on the campus of Legacy Christian Academy. In July 2019, WFCJ switched entirely to spoken-word Christian programming and rebranded as ''The Light 93.7'', leaving music programming exclusive to WEEC (which later re-launched as the

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station ''Hope 100.7'').

References

External links

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Strong Tower Christian Media
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