WKMB

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WKMB
WKMB 1070harvestradio logo.jpg
Broadcast areaMiddlesex
Frequency 1070 kHz
BrandingHarvest Radio
Programming
Format Gospel music
Ownership
OwnerWorld Harvest Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
February 1972;52 years ago (1972-02)
Call sign meaning
K&M Broadcasters (original owner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 32985
Class D
Power 250 watts (day)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°40′35″N74°28′36″W / 40.67639°N 74.47667°W / 40.67639; -74.47667
Translator(s) 100.7 W264BT (Edison)
Links
Public license information
Website Harvest Radio Website

WKMB (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel radio format. Licensed to Stirling, New Jersey, United States, the station serves parts of Middlesex County, Morris County, Somerset County and Union County. The station is owned by World Harvest Communications, Inc. [2]

Contents

WKMB is a daytimer. AM 1070 is a clear channel frequency reserved for KNX Los Angeles. That requires WKMB to sign-off at sunset to avoid interfering.

The station also broadcasts on simulcast translator W264BT on 100.7 FM in Edison, New Jersey.

History

WKMB signed on in February 1972 with an adult contemporary format under the ownership of Herb Michaels. It changed to a country music format in 1979; in 2002, WKMB became the only commercial radio station in the New York City area to broadcast country music after a four-station simulcast on 107.1 FM dropped the format for Spanish-language programming. Following Michaels' death in 2002, his heirs sold the station to King's Temple Ministries, who converted WKMB to a gospel music station on January 19, 2003. King's Temple Ministries had earlier bought time on WERA before that station shut down in 1997. From 2003 until 2015, WKMB broadcast from WERA's former studios at 120 West 7th Street in Plainfield. [3]

WKMB's license was canceled on June 14, 2017, for not paying debts it owed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which prevented the renewal of the station's license. [4] WKMB returned to the airwaves on July 1, 2017, from studios at 232 East Front Street in Plainfield, after having its license renewal application reinstated by the FCC on June 30.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKMB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WKMB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "The gospel truth: WKMB finally quits the country". New Jersey Hills. January 23, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Bradshaw, James D. (June 14, 2017). "Re: WKMB(AM), Stirling, NJ" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved June 14, 2017.


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