WHJG-LP (93.3 FM) is an American low-power FM

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licensed to serve the

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. The station, established in 2005, is owned and operated as a

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of the Pelley Road Christian Fellowship.

Programming

WHJG-LP broadcasts a Christian talk and

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to the Rockford/ Cherry Valley/Valley View area. Featured hosts and teachers include

Charles Stanley Charles Frazier Stanley (born 1932) is Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, after serving as senior pastor for 49 years. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcasts his sermons through te ...

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 ...

Adrian Rogers Adrian Pierce Rogers (September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and conservative author. He served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1979–1980 and 1986–1988). Rogers was born ...

D. James Kennedy Dennis James Kennedy (November 3, 1930 – September 5, 2007) was an American pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until hi ...

, Jay Sekulow, Kay Arthur,

Jack Hayford Jack Williams Hayford (born June 25, 1934) is an American author, Pentecostal minister, and Chancellor Emeritus of The King's University (formerly The King's College and Seminary). He is a former senior pastor of The Church On The Way in Van N ...

, and Brannon Howse. WHJG also airs a

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block of programming on Sunday afternoons, which includes Spanish language versions of Charles Stanley and Adrian Rogers's programs.

History

In September 2000, Pelley Road Christian Fellowship applied to the

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(FCC) for a

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for a new low-power broadcast radio station to serve

. The FCC granted this permit on May 19, 2003, with a scheduled expiration date of November 19, 2004. The new station was assigned

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"WHJG-LP" on June 24, 2003. After construction and testing were completed in November 2004, the station was granted its broadcast license on May 19, 2005.

References

External links

WHJG's official website
{{Religious Radio Stations in Illinois HJG-LP HJG-LP Radio stations established in 2005 Mass media in Rockford, Illinois