MERRILL, Wis.
Christian radio station WRVM in Suring, Wisconsin is working hard to expand its coverage into Central and North Central Wisconsin through a new full power repeater station. Construction for WHJL FM began last fall atop Irma Hill north of Merrill. On September 17, 1967, the new Christian radio station (WRVM FM) first hit the airwaves in Northeast Wisconsin, broadcasting only in the evenings during those early days. Today Wisconsins Radio Voice of the Master - as it has come to be known at 102.7 FM - is on the air 24 hours each day with a mix of Bible teaching and Christian talk programs seasoned with hymns, praise songs and Southern Gospel music. With its main transmitter of 100 thousand watts sitting atop Suring Hill, WRVM uses another full power repeater station (the 7,000 watt WMVM in Iron Mountain, Michigan) and 26 low power translators to blanket Northeast and East Central Wisconsin and into Michigans Upper Peninsula with Good News and Good Music.
Some 44 years after its beginning, this conservative Christian radio ministry and Moody Broadcasting affiliate is set to increase its reach further west toward Wausau, Medford and Park Falls. Its new repeater WHJL at 88.1 FM in Merrill with 63,000 watts of power, will not only increase the efficiency of many of WRVMs existing translators in the area, but will take the signal into new areas like Abbottsford and Phillips. Station Manager Mike Cornell said their plans are to begin re-broadcasting WRVM through ...
