With WAWZ (AM) gone, WAWZ-FM dropped the -FM suffix on October 8, 1984, becoming just WAWZ. On September 1, 1984, WAWZ sold its part-time AM operation to New York station WBNX (now christened WKDM.) On WAWZ's final day, they produced a special program recalling the station's 53 years of religious broadcasting, and by electrical transcription, once again featured the voice of Alma White. WAWZ was the second station owned by the Pillar of Fire Church. In later years, on 1380 AM, it shared time with WBNX in New York City. The station was first assigned a frequency on 1350 AM, sharing time equally with three other stations, WCDA, WBNX and WMSG. Formerly headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the organization was given land in 1906, in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. WAWZ was founded in 1931 by Bishop Alma White and the Pillar of Fire Church.

In 2017, WAWZ updated their slogan to 'Uplifting Star 99.1' influenced by the overwhelming response of their listeners who expressed how uplifting their music was for them. In this format its tagline was WAWZ - Your Voice of Faith and Inspiration. In later years inspirational contemporary Christian music and mostly syndicated Christian teaching and talk shows were added. Its original format was traditional and classical music and church services. WAWZ began airing its current format as Star 99.1 on February 3, 2003. The call letters for the station, like its AM counterpart which went off the air in 1984, were chosen to honor Bishop Alma White, who was the founder of the Pillar of Fire Church and Zarephath, the community of license.

The Class B, 28,000-watt signal based in Bridgewater, New Jersey serves the New York City market along with northern and central New Jersey. The station's target demographic is 25- to 54-year-olds. It is a listener supported/commercial radio station owned by the Pillar of Fire International. WAWZ (99.1 FM) is a contemporary Christian music radio station located in Zarephath, New Jersey. The organization was founded in 2006 and seeks to create faith defining environments to serve under resourced families and children in the country of Lebanon. “We’ve partnered with Heart for Lebanon for several years and were so glad to be able to give our listeners an immediate and practical way to love people in Lebanon who so desperately need our help.”Īccording to the report, Heart of Lebanon has mobilized staff and volunteers to help clean up the devastation caused the August 4 blast and provided temporary housing for displaced families in partnership with a local church and the largest Christian college in Beirut.Įvery year, Heart for Lebanon conducts dozens of radio partnerships with Christian radio. “The recent tragedy in Lebanon has just intensified the need of the people there,” STAR Director of Programming Matt Stockman said in a report. The radio partnership coincided with the launch of STAR’s promotional theme of “ Love God, Love People.” Following the tragic explosion in Beirut last month and amid the on-going refugee crisis in Lebanon, WAWZ/New York (STAR 99.1) rallied its listeners to reach more than 1,100 families with emergency supplies and the Gospel through the ministry of Heart for Lebanon.

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