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WPER-FM & WJYJ
Broadcast area	Virginia and Washington, D.C. metro area
Slogan	"Positive Hits: 89.9 and 90.5 PER"
Frequency	WPER: 89.9 (MHz) WJYJ: 90.5 (MHz) (see left for list of translators)
First air date	1999 for WPER, combined since 2006
Format	Christian radio
ERP	WPER: 41 kW Horiz. and Vert. WJYJ: 21 kW Horiz., 38 kW Vert.
HAAT	WPER: 127 meters WJYJ: 164 meters
Class	WPER: Class B Non-Commercial WJYJ: Class B Non-Commercial
Facility ID	WPER: 53095 WJYJ: 18852
Callsign meaning	W Positive Encouraging Radio
Owner	Positive Alternative Radio
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.positivehits.org

WPER is a contemporary Christian radio station broadcasting on 89.9 MHz in the FM band from Warrenton, Virginia (though its license is listed as in Culpeper). It covers the northern and Piedmont regions of Virginia, and Washington, D.C. metro area. Specifically, WPER's range reaches to Winchester in the west, Silver Spring, Maryland to the north, Fredericksburg to the east, and Charlottesville in the south. It is owned by Positive Alternative Radio, which is based out of Blacksburg, Virginia. WPER also simulcasts on WJYJ, 90.5 FM, which began in January 2006 (see below).

The station ran approximately 50 kW from its opening in 1999 through 2005, when the station purchased a taller antenna; despite its now lower wattage of 41 kW (per FCC regulations), its range is further extended several miles than previously.

In January 2006, Positive Alternative Radio bought the old CSN-Virginia, a network of four full-power stations and almost two dozen translators, formerly broadcasting programming from local Calvary Chapel churches alongside KAWZ's Calvary Satellite Network. In the buyout, these stations were split between WPER and WRXT in Lynchburg. WPER obtained WJYJ, based out of Fredericksburg, and seven of the translators, increasing its range of its new network all the way down to Richmond, Williamsburg, and even Buckingham County. Accordingly, WPER changed all promotional materials from "Positive Hits 89.9 WPER" to "Positive Hits 89.9 and the NEW 90.5."

• WPER 89.9 FM, Warrenton, Virginia (license given for Culpeper)
• WJYJ 90.5 FM, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Logo for WPER/WJYJ used from January of 2006 to September of 2007

Logo for WPER used from 1999 to January 2006

WJYJ Signed Translators:

• W201BC 88.1 FM Stanardsville, VA
• W223AZ 92.5 FM Richmond, VA
• W243AF 96.5 FM Flint Hill, VA
• W249BE 97.7 FM Alexandria, VA
• W254AH 98.7 FM Farmville, VA
• W261CN 100.1 FM Williamsburg, VA
• W273BB 102.5 FM Richmond, VA
• W274AB 102.7 FM Petersburg, VA
• W291AJ 106.1 FM Waverly, VA
• W292CI 106.3 FM Winchester, VA
• W294AJ 106.7 FM Charlottesville, VA
• W299AH 107.7 FM Crewe, VA

WPER Signed Translators:

• W201BA 88.1 FM Front Royal, VA
• W227BM 93.3 FM Winchester, VA
• W228BA 93.5 FM Leesburg, VA
• W231BJ 94.1 FM Fredericksburg, VA
• W240BH 95.9 FM Gainesville, VA
• W242BG 96.3 FM Winchester, VA
• W243BS 96.5 FM Fredericksburg, VA
• W284BC 104.7 FM Waldorf, MD

• Positive Hits WPER/WJYJ Official Web site
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WPER
• Radio Locator information on WPER
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WPER
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WJYJ
• Radio Locator information on WJYJ
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WJYJ
• 89.9 WPER Becomes 89.9 WPER/90.5 WJYJ