WXRI
City of license | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
Branding | Joy FM Real Music |
Frequency | 91.3 MHz |
Format | Southern Gospel |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 66.0 meters |
Class | C2 |
Facility ID | 53100 |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°8′6.00″N 80°30′14.00″W / 36.1350000°N 80.5038889°W |
Affiliations | Salem Communications |
Owner | Positive Alternative Radio |
Sister stations | WPIR, WTTX-FM, WTJY |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Official website |
WXRI (91.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. Licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Piedmont Triad area. The station is currently owned by Positive Alternative Radio and features programing from Salem Communications.[1][2]
It is the flagship station of a network of full-power stations and translators spilling into parts of five radio markets in four states--the Triad, Charlotte, Roanoke/Lynchburg, the Tri-Cities and Harrisonburg/Staunton. Sister stations include WTJY 89.5 FM in Asheboro, North Carolina, WPIR 88.1 FM in Hickory, North Carolina, WTTX-FM in Appomattox, Virginia and WRFE in Chesterfield, South Carolina. Collectively, these stations are known as "Joy FM. Real Music. Real Life."
History[edit]
In Spring 1997, WXRI signed on in East Bend, playing such artists as The Perrys and The Gaithers.[3]
In 1999 and 2000, Joy FM of Winston-Salem, also heard on WPIR in 1999 and WTJY by 2000, was named National Southern Gospel Station of the Year by the Southern Gospel Music Association.[4][5]
In 2010, The Gospel Music Association presented Joy FM with Radio Station of the Year at the Dove Awards, held at the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville, TN.
References[edit]
- ^ "WXRI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WXRI Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ Todd Lotz, "Where to Find the Best in Christian Music," Greensboro News & Record, January 15, 1998.
- ^ "Business Milestones," Winston-Salem Journal, June 7, 1999.
- ^ "Business Milestones," Winston-Salem Journal, June 5, 2000.
External links[edit]
- Official Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXRI
- Radio-Locator information on WXRI
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WXRI
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