WVOJ (1570

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, and serving the

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. The station is currently owned by Norsan Consulting And Management, Inc. WVOJ airs a

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with several other radio stations in the Southern U. S., including

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. WVOJ broadcasts at 10,000

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s by day, but because

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is a clear channel frequency, WVOJ must reduce its power at night to only 30 watts to avoid interfering with other radio stations.

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is a Mexican

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frequency, on which

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is the dominant Class A station. Programming is also heard on

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W222CL at 92.9 MHz. The station uses its translator's frequency in its moniker "La Raza 92.9." Norsan Consulting has an application with the

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to move the AM station's

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, increase its daytime to 50,000 watts and its nighttime power to 10,000 watts, using a

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. The application is for a Class B license; it is currently Class D.

History

The station was first licensed on November 30, 1955. The station was assigned the

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WHOG on July 9, 1981. On October 19, 1990, the station changed its call letters to WQAI. Then on January 30, 1998, to WYHI, again on June 25, 1999, to WGSR, on January 16, 2004, to WNNR, and finally 13 days later to the current WVOJ. On January 11, 2017, WVOJ went silent.FCC's list of silent A.M. stations as of April 6, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
/ref> As of February 15, 2019 WVOJ is licensed and operating (FCC database).

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* Mexican-American culture in Florida VOJ Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States VOJ 1955 establishments in Florida Radio stations established in 1955 {{Florida-radio-station-stub