WJSM - 92.7 FM & 1110 AM Chrisian Radio

WJSM-AM finally came on the air on February 27, 1968. The LORD obviously had better
plans for WJSM as licenses were issued for both a daylight AM station and an unlimited
Class A FM station. The FM band finally became more popular by the early 1980's, and
listenership grew.

One of the most often asked questions is: "What do the call letters stand for?' Originally,
WJSM stood for "Witness" and three Latin words, "Jesus, Savior, Munday". Thus, WITNESS,
JESUS SAVIOR (of the) WORLD. We came up with a new logo in the late 1990's, and had
a theme song written for WJSM. WJSM = Wonderful Jesus Savior Master.

The WJSM studios were first located adjacent to the founders home in North Woodbury
Township, Blair County. Ken Ferry worked long hours along with his wife, Margaret, who
worked hard and long hours as office manager and feeding the staff with some of the best
food in the world.

The Ferry's owned the stations for 10 years. They were sold in 1975 to two part-time
employees interested in seeing Christian Radio remain in South Central Pennsylvania.
They were Sherwood B. Hawley of Bedford and Larry S. Walters of Hollidaysburg. Mr. Ferry
passed away shortly after the stations were sold. WJSM Radio pioneered in broadcasting
"FOCUS ON THE FAMILY". WJSM was one of the first 20 stations nationwide to broadcast
the "Focus On The Family" program founded by Dr. James Dobson in 1977. The program
started as a 25 minute weekly broadcast.

WJSM operated from a small three room apartment on South Locust Street in Martinsburg
from 1976 until 1982. Offices and studio's were then moved adjacent to the home of one
of the owners, Larry Walters, approximately three miles east of Martinsburg.

The stations pioneered the use of satellite delivered programs by joining the Satellite
Radio Network in the early 80's. A network which delivered programs via satellite instead
of on reel to reel tapes. This network was ahead of its time and folded several years later.
Satellite programming is a major source of programming for most Christian Radio stations today.

WJSM-FM brought the first 24 hour a day Christian programming to our section of the
state in the early 1980's. There were no Christian Stations broadcasting during the night
time hours and this service was very well received. It seems that our programming was
very effective in bringing some peace of mind to those who were troubled and could not
sleep. God's Word in music works in wonderful ways anytime of the day, but
especially during the quiet, sometimes lonely, hours of the night.

The WJSM Stations were sold in 1989 to Martinsburg Broadcasting, Inc. from Sherwood
Hawley and Larry Walters. Larry Walters was the President of the corporation, and
remains as its President to date. Sherwood passed away on July 27th, 1993.

In 1994, the WJSM Broadcast Center was constructed along Rebecca Furnace
Road in Huston Township, Martinsburg. The Broadcast Center houses the WJSM
main studio, two full production studios, an engineering department, an audio library,
offices, with a conference and meeting room on the lower level.

It all began with a promise in 1965. WJSM - the little station with a big dream -made
a solemn promise to its small audience. "Come over and help us, and WJSM will
always be a Christian station." They did and the station and audience grew! WJSM
now has the most loyal and largest audience ever listening today. And it all started
with a promise. A promise WJSM has kept since 1965.