WXTJ-LP

WXTJ-LP is a Freeform formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Charlottesville, Virginia,^[1] owned and operated by the University of Virginia.^[6]

WXTJ-LP

Charlottesville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Metro Charlottesville
Frequency	100.1 FM MHz
Branding	"WXTJ"
Programming
Format	Freeform[1]
Ownership
Owner	University of Virginia (Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia)
Sister stations	WTJU
History
First air date	September 5, 2015[2][3]
Former call signs	WXTJ-LP (2015–Present)[4]
Call sign meaning	WX Thomas Jefferson
Technical information[5]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	194838
Class	L1
Power	23 Watts
HAAT	62 meters (203 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°1′49.0″N 78°29′22.0″W
Links
Public license information	LMS
Webcast	WXTJ-LP Webstream
Website	WXTJ-LP Online

WXTJ-LP was founded by the staff of WTJU (91.1 FM) in 2013 as a response to low and declining student involvement at WTJU, the university's long-established station. WXTJ is now entirely administered and programmed by students, with WTJU's staff providing only studio space and technical support.^[7]

The station first went live on the Internet in the fall of 2013 under the fictitious callsign WTJX. A planned Part 15 AM transmitter on 1620 kHz while the station raised money for an FM signal was publicized, but never materialized. WXTJ gained its current callsign as a side effect of applying for an LPFM license in 2015. Although the suffixed callsign WTJX-LP is not in use, FCC rules require approval if any station is already using the base callsign – in this case, WTJX-TV of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, which expressed its opposition.^[7][8]