WJYI (FM)

WPLH (88.3 FM) is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Tifton, Georgia, United States, the station is owned by Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). It is funded, managed and operated by students with the assistance of a faculty advisor.^[2]

WPLH

Tifton, Georgia
Frequency	88.3 MHz
Programming
Format	Variety
Ownership
Owner	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
History
First air date	August 2022 (2022-08)
Former call signs	WABR-FM (1974–1988) WPLH (1988–2022)
Former frequencies	90.5 MHz & 103.1 MHz
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	317
Class	D
ERP	265 watts
HAAT	70.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates	31°28′51.00″N 83°31′38.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

The station went on the air as WABR-FM in 1974.^[3] On June 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WPLH. The WABR call letters were transferred to a new Peach State Radio transmitter at 91.1 MHz. The tower for the new, higher-power public radio station was intended to be built on University of Georgia property, but a surveying error placed the site on an ABAC pasture and, with FCC and FAA approval already secured, it had to be built on college property.^[4]

In the FCC non-commercial stations filing window of 2021, ABAC received a construction permit for a new 265-watt station at 88.3 MHz. The WJYI call sign was temporarily assigned to the construction permit and then switched to WPLH on August 3, 2022, as WPLH's programming moved to the higher-power facility.