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Pennsauken, New Jersey) | |
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WNWR (1540
By day, WNWR is powered at 50,000 watts,
History
Christian programming
The station first
WJMJ was a
Country and oldies
In 1965 it was acquired by the Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, which changed the call letters to WRCP (for "Rust Craft Philadelphia").[8] In 1967, Rust Craft changed the sound to country music, a format not found on the Philadelphia radio dial.
In 1981, after
Ethnic programming
In 1995, the station was sold to new owners operating as Global Radio LLC, becoming WNWR.[9] The call letters stood for "New World Radio". It switched to mostly ethnic brokered programming, where show hosts bought time on the station and sold advertising in their communities to pay for their broadcasts.
On June 13, 2011, WNWR's entire brokered program schedule moved to WWDB.[10] The station was then leased to broadcast China Radio International.[11] Several years later, WNWR got authorization from the Federal Communications Commission to stay on the air around the clock with low power at night. WNWR went off the air and was listed as silent since June 14, 2018. As of Saturday November 17, 2018, WNWR returned on the air broadcasting a Spanish language format. On December 8, 2019, however, it was on the FCC's Silent AM Stations List.[12]
As of April 27, 2021, WNWR returned to the airwaves with 1,000 watts of power during the day and 7 watts at night according to station engineer Dana Puopolo. By then, the station was owned by Aztec Capital Partners and was simulcasting WHAT 1340 AM, airing Latin hit music.[13]
Return to religion
In 2023, the station was sold to Wilkins Broadcasting LLC, which owns dozens of
Translator
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W237EH | 95.3 FM | Pennsauken, New Jersey |
141664 | 250 | D | 39°55′34.6″N 75°3′11.1″W / 39.926278°N 75.053083°W | LMS |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNWR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ FCC.gov/WNWR
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WNWR
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/W237EH
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 226
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-219
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 page B-138
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-471
- ^ "NorthEast Radio Watch by Scott Fybush". Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ "FCC, Justice Department investigate covert Chinese radio network". Reuters. November 2, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ "Silent AM Broadcast Stations List". May 25, 2016.
- ^ "History of Philadelphia radio station 1540 WNWR (Aztec Capital Partners)".
External links
- WNWR in the FCC AM station database
- WNWR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for WNWR