WGYM
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| Facility ID | 61110 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°37′33.42″N 74°47′42.59″W / 39.6259500°N 74.7951639°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WGYM (1580
EWTN Radio
Network.
WGYM operates at 1,000
AM 1580 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Canada
, WGYM must reduce power to 6 watts at night, when AM radio waves travel farther.
History
The station went on the air as WNJH on May 11, 1961. It was originally owned by the Harrell Trucking Company of
NBC Radio. The station was eventually sold to The Green Group, based in Linwood, New Jersey. On March 25, 1991, the call letters were changed to WONZ and the station began to simulcast Pleasantville-licensed WOND. On March 22, 2001, the station assumed the WGYM call sign that had been used by The Green Group's station on 1490 AM in Pleasantville and began running ESPN Radio sports programming that had been airing on 1490. On February 22, 2002, the station dropped the ESPN programming and resumed simulcasting WOND.[4][5]
In the 2000s The Green Group's southern New Jersey stations were sold to Access.1 Communications Corporation. A subsequent resale of the radio group did not include WGYM; however, the owners of the ex-Green stations continued to provide programming to the Hammonton station.
In 2010, the station switched to a simulcast of 1490, now renamed
Spanish-language
format.
In January 2016, WGYM switched to a Catholic-based religious format when it was acquired by the Domestic Church Media Foundation.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGYM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WGYM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WGYM-AM Radio Station Coverage Map".
- ^ "angelfire.com".
- ^ "WGYM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- WGYM in the FCC AM station database
- WGYM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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