WJFP

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Radio station in Chester, Pennsylvania

title: "WJFP" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-pennsylvania", "radio-stations-established-in-1948", "1948-establishments-in-pennsylvania", "conservative-talk-radio", "talk-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "chester,-pennsylvania"] description: "Radio station in Chester, Pennsylvania" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJFP" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Chester, Pennsylvania ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	WJFP
city	Chester, Pennsylvania
country	US
area	Philadelphia metropolitan area
branding	Liberty Radio
frequency
translator
airdate
format	Conservative talk
power
class	D
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	74166
coordinates
callsign_meaning	John Fredericks (owner) in Philadelphia
former_callsigns	WVCH (1947–2022)
affiliations
owner	John Fredericks
licensee	Disruptor Radio, LLC
webcast	Listen live
website	wjfpradio.com
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WJFP (740 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, and serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area with a conservative talk format. It is owned by John Fredericks, with the license held by Disruptor Radio, LLC. Fredericks also owns three stations in Virginia.

The transmitter is off Dutton Mill Road in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania. Programming is also heard on FM translator W277DL (103.3 FM) in Chester.

History

On April 4, 1948, the station first signed on the air. The call sign from its founding until early 2022 was WVCH, standing for the "Voice of Chester". It was originally a 250-watt daytimer. It later boosted its power to 1,000 watts and got nighttime authorization at low power.

For most of its history, WVCH carried a Christian talk and teaching format branded as simply "WVCH, The Christian Station." One of the programs carried on WVCH in the 1950s was George A. Palmer's popular Morning Cheer weekday broadcast.

On November 15, 2021, RadioInsight.com reported that WVCH and translator W277DL would be sold to John Fredricks of the MAGA Radio Network through Disruptor Media, LLC, for $500,000. On February 16, 2022, the station flipped to a conservative talk format as "Liberty Radio". The sale was consummated on March 1, 2022, with the station's call sign changing to WJFP the following day.

Programming

Weekdays begin with a talk show hosted by the owner, John Fredericks, and syndicated to other stations. The remainder of the schedule includes nationally syndicated talk hosts including Bill O'Reilly, John Catsimatidis, Rita Cosby, Dominic Carter and Red Eye Radio.

During the football season, WJFP carries Pittsburgh Steelers games.

References

[https://www.johnfredericksradio.com/about/ JohnFredericksRadio.com/about]
[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1950/RADIO%20&%20TV%20ALL%20YB%201950%20B&W-11.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1950] page 255, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]
(July 1, 1959). "Statement Issued by 'Cheer' Head". [[Courier-Post]].
"John Fredericks To Expand Conservative Network To Suburban Philadelphia". RadioInsight.
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/219985/liberty-radio-debuts-in-philadelphia/ Liberty Radio Debuts in Philadelphia]
[https://www.wjfpradio.com/ WJFPradio.com]

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