reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . march 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message wjsm & wjsm fm city martinsburg pennsylvania broadcast area altoona pennsylvania slogan victory radio frequency wjsm 1110 khz wjsm fm 92.7 mhz first air date wjsm february 27 1968 wwjsm fm april 19 1965 format christian power am 1 000 watts erp fm 3 000 watts haat 180 m class wjsm d wjsm fm a callsign meaning wonderful jesus saves master owner martinsburg broadcasting inc. website www.wjsm.com wjsm is a religious radio station serving the altoona pennsylvania market known as victory radio . the radio station is an outlet for televangelists such as dr. james dobson and others . history edit wjsm radio had its start many years ago by a man with a dream for south central pennsylvania to have its own christian radio station . he was kenneth w. ferry of martinsburg who owned a trucking firm and while driving heard a western centre county based christian station wphb in philipsburg founded by reverend william emert . that station programs country music and talk programming today with religious programming reserved for sundays . inspired by the experience ferry thought that the martinsburg area needed a station like that and began by filing an application for an am station in the early 1960s . after several applications and amendments to those applications the fcc granted a construction permit for an fm station instead . wjsm fm pioneered fm christian broadcasting with its first regular scheduled broadcast on april 19 1965 . it was a challenge indeed as back in the 1960s fm broadcast frequencies were virtually unknown or hardly used and fewer people yet had home fm receivers and even fewer people had fm compatible radios in their vehicles . wjsm finally came on the air on february 27 1968 finally meeting the need of the majority of the station s audience in these pre fm radio years . a daytime only station wjsm was required to sign off at sunset but wjsm fm continued to broadcast during the evening hours . the fm band finally became more popular by the early 1980s and listenership grew . the wjsm studios were first located adjacent to the founders home in north woodbury township blair county . the ferry family owned the stations for 10 years . they were sold in 1975 to two part time employees interested in seeing christian radio remain in south central pennsylvania . they were sherwood b. hawley of bedford and larry s. walters of hollidaysburg . mr. ferry died shortly after the stations were sold . wjsm was one of the first 20 stations nationwide to broadcast the focus on the family program founded by dr. james dobson in 1977 . the program started as a 25 minute weekly broadcast and is today heard weekdays in a 30 minute format . wjsm operated from a small 3 room apartment on south locust street in martinsburg from 1976 until 1982 . offices and studios were then moved adjacent to the home of one of the owners larry walters approximately three miles east of martinsburg . the stations pioneered the use of satellite delivered programs by joining the satellite radio network in the early 1980s . the network delivered programs via satellite instead of on reel to reel tapes a move that was ahead of its time and folded later though satellite technology is a major source of programming for most christian radio stations today . wjsm fm brought the first 24 hour a day christian programming to the region in the early 1980s . there were no christian stations broadcasting during the nighttime hours at that point in time . sale to martinsburg broadcasting edit the wjsm stations were sold in 1989 to martinsburg broadcasting inc. from sherwood hawley and larry walters . larry walters was the president of the corporation and remains as its president to date . sherwood died on july 27 1993 . in 1994 the wjsm broadcast center was constructed along rebecca furnace road in huston township just outside martinsburg . the broadcast center houses the wjsm main studio two full production studios an engineering department an audio library offices with a conference and meeting room on the lower level . references edit query the fcc s am station database for wjsm radio locator information on wjsm query nielsen audio s am station database for wjsm query the fcc s fm station database for wjsm radio locator information on wjsm query nielsen audio s fm station database for wjsm official website v t e radio stations in the altoona pennsylvania market by am frequency 1110 1150 1240 1290 1370 1430 by fm frequency 88.1 89.1 91.9 93.5 94.3 94.7 97.1 98.1 100.1 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.9 105.9 106.3 107.7 noaa weather radio frequency 162.425 by callsign w274be waly wbrx wbxq wdbf fm wfbg wfgy whhn whun wjsm wkmc wlak wqck wlke wmes lp wmmh wng589 wrky fm wrta wrxv wvam wwot pennsylvania radio markets allentown bethlehem altoona bradford coudersport chambersburg waynesboro erie harrisburg lebanon carlisle lancaster montrose new castle philadelphia pittsburgh reading sayre towanda mansfield wellsboro wilkes barre scranton williamsport york other pennsylvania radio regions bedford indiana johnstown lewistown mifflintown meadville franklin punxsutawney dubois st. marys emporium kane state college stroudsburg sunbury selinsgrove lewisburg warren see also list of radio stations in pennsylvania v t e religious radio stations in the state of pennsylvania stations waob millvale waob fm beaver falls wawn franklin wayc bedford wbby lp berwick wbgm new berlin wbmr telford wbyn fm boyertown wcig carbondale wcog fm galeton wcoh fm du bois wcox fm trout run wcsd lp shawnee on delaware wdac lancaster wdkl masontown wedo mckeesport wefr erie wfbm beaver falls wfbv selinsgrove wfil philadelphia wfkj cashtown wfrj johnstown whgt chambersburg whmn lp plymouth wisp doylestown witk pittston wjcs allentown wjsa fm jersey shore wjsm martinsburg wkdn philadelphia wkdn fm state college wkgo murrysville wlih whitneyville wlke gallitzin wmes lp altoona wmmh houtzdale wmug lp indiana word fm pittsburgh wpcl spangler wpel fm montrose wpfg carlisle wpgm danville wpgm fm danville wqju mifflintown wqor olyphant wrgn sweet valley wtlr state college wvch chester wvme meadville wvmn new castle wwnl pittsburgh wxnm lp erie wyfu masontown wyvl youngsville wyyc york see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in pennsylvania see also classical jazz religious spanish smooth jazz other v t e daytime only radio stations in pennsylvania stations wamo wilkinsburg wanb waynesburg wche west chester wecz punxsutawney wedo mckeesport wfkj cashtown wfyl king of prussia wgpa bethlehem whyf shiremanstown wiez lewistown wioo carlisle wjsm martinsburg wkfb jeannette wkqw oil city wlsh lansford wmce north east wnap norristown wnwr philadelphia wphe phoenixville wqor olyphant wqtw latrobe wvpo stroudsburg wwdb philadelphia wwnl pittsburgh wwsm annville cleona wzsk everett defunct wasp brownsville wkzv washington see also clear channel radio stations and why am radio stations must reduce power change operations or cease operations at night retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wjsm & oldid 697634026 categories radio stations in altoona pennsylvaniaradio stations established in 1965radio stations established in 1968daytime only radio stationshidden categories articles lacking in text citations from march 2011all articles lacking in text citationspennsylvania articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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