WCTC
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| Ownership | |
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| Owner |
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| WMGQ, WDHA-FM, WMTR, WJRZ-FM, WRAT | |
| History | |
First air date | 1946 |
Call sign meaning | Chanticleer Broadcasting, original[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 55180 |
| Class | C |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | |
| Translator(s) | 93.5 W228DY (New Brunswick) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | foxsportsradionewjersey.com |
WCTC (1450
radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, the station serves Middlesex, Somerset, and Union counties. The station is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group (through Beasley Media Group, LLC).[3] It is the radio home for Rutgers University athletic events and Somerset Patriots Minor League Baseball games. It is the radio affiliate for New York Knicks basketball and New York Rangers
hockey.
WCTC transmits with 1,000
History
WCTC is considered New Jersey's first radio station built during the post-
Canterbury Tales
which was the Rutgers mascot from 1925 to 1955.
From the 1960s through the 1980s, it adopted a
full service middle of the road
(MOR) format featuring local news, talk, sports, and adult popular music. For most of those years, Jack Ellery was the popular wake-up host.
In 1992, WCTC gave up music programming, switching to
Premiere Radio Networks. As of July 2, 2008, WCTC went back to its roots by reverting to an oldies music format.[7]
On February 28, 2011, WCTC changed the format back to talk, launching the local midday show "New Jersey TODAY" from one to three in the afternoon hosted by Bert Baron.[8]
On July 19, 2016, Beasley Media Group announced it would acquire Greater Media and its 21 stations (including WCTC) for $240 million.[9] The FCC approved the sale on October 6, and the sale closed on November 1.[10]
Under Beasley ownership, WCTC was the primary source for winter school closing announcements. WCTC's former
NBC News Radio
. WCTC also aired special interest shows on the weekends.
In July 2021, WCTC began simulcasting on an
FM translator, 93.5 W228DY.[11] On September 27, 2021, the wctcam.com web site began redirecting to Fox Sports New Jersey. This coincided with WCTC's format change to sports radio. On the same day, WCTC's Facebook page
was rebranded.
Former on-air staff
- Adam Amin[12]
- Wall Street JournalThis Morning once served as a News Anchor at the station. WCTC later carried his syndicated show.
- Herb Kaplow[citation needed]
- Dave Marash[citation needed]
- Bruce Williams, syndicated radio personality. He began his broadcast career at WCTC[citation needed]
- Jack Ellery[13]
Former logo
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WCTC logo used from 2004 until July 2, 2008.
References
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCTC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WCTC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WCTC-AM 1450 kHz - New Brunswick, NJ". radio-locator.com.
- ^ "W228DY-FM 93.5 MHz - New Brunswick, NJ". radio-locator.com.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3872-3.
- ^ "Greater Media takes talker WCTC to "Good Time Oldies" in Central New Jersey". Radio-Info.com. July 2, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ^ "Greater Media's WCTC, New Brunswick NJ (1450) drops oldies for talk". Radio-Info.com. February 28, 2011. Archived from the original on March 5, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
- ^ "Beasley Acquires Greater Media - RadioInsight".
- ^ "Beasley Closes On Greater Media Purchase; Makes Multiple Staff Moves - RadioInsight".
- ^ "WCTC/New Brunswick, NJ Adds FM Translator Simulcast". All Access.
- ^ "USA TODAY - Breaking News and Latest News Today".
- ^ "After 63 years on the air, talk radio pioneer Jack Ellery hangs up his headphones". 15 July 2013.
External links
- WCTC in the FCC AM station database
- WCTC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for WCTC
- W228DY in the FCC FM station database
- W228DY at FCCdata.org
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