WJYM

WJYM is an American radio station licensed to broadcast from Bowling Green, Ohio. Its studios and transmitter are located in Lime City near Perrysburg, and the station serves the Toledo metropolitan area.

Presently, WJYM is a Christian radio station, and is owned by the ministry of noted evangelist Jimmy Swaggart. It operates 24 hours a day with 1 kW during daylight hours, and reduced power of 250 W and 359 W during post-sunset, nighttime, and pre-sunrise hours, using a four-tower directional antenna system.

History

Beginnings as WHRW

WHRW first went on the air in December of 1954 under the call letters selected as the initials of its then-owner and founder, Howard R. Ward. The station first went on the air with a power of 250 watts using two towers located East of Bowling Green, Ohio, just off US 6. The station operated daytime only, but by the end of the 1950s, the station was given permission to increase its power to 1,000 watts. For almost the first decade of its existence, the station broadcast from the station's transmitter facility.