Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School filed the original application for what would become WJPN-LP on February 10, 2014.[7] The school spent $250,000 on "permit costs, legal fees, [and] to purchase equipment" for the new station.[8][9] The majority of the money spent was to "purchase...stadium lights for [the school's] football field".[8] One of those very same lights became the "tower" for the station's antenna.[8][9]
The station was issued the WJPN-LP callsign on May 29, 2015.[3] Almost a year later, on May 20, 2016, the station began broadcasting for the first time.[2] Five days later, on May 25, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the station a "License to Cover", allowing it to officially begin broadcasting.[10]
Programming
Initially, WJPN-LP will simulcast the EWTN Catholic Radio Network while the school builds a studio for the station.[8] Afterwards, the station will carry local programming and school sports broadcasts.[8] The school's 2016-2017 curriculum will include a "communications course to teach 25 to 30 interested students about radio broadcasting".[8]
