WNWR

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WNWR
Broadcast area Delaware Valley
Frequency 1540 kHz
BrandingAM 1540 The Word
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching
Ownership
OwnerWilkins Broadcasting LLC
History
First air date
July 11, 1947;77 years ago (July 11, 1947) (as WJMJ)
Former call signs
  • WJMJ (1948–1965)
  • WRCP (1965–1985)
  • WSNI (1985–1987)
  • WPGR (1987–1995)
Call sign meaning
"New World Radio" (previous format and owner)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 1027
Class B
Power
  • 50,000 watts day
  • 250 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 40°2′46.4″N75°14′7.65″W / 40.046222°N 75.2354583°W / 40.046222; -75.2354583
Translator(s) 95.3 W237EH (Pennsauken, New Jersey)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wnwrtheword.com

WNWR (1540 AM) is a commercial radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching format and is owned by Wilkins Broadcasting LLC. Program hosts include Jim Daly, John MacArthur, Greg Laurie and Charles Capps. The studios are at 200 Monument Road, Suite 6, in Bala Cynwyd.

Contents

By day, WNWR is powered at 50,000 watts, non-directional. [2] As 1540 AM is a clear channel frequency, to protect other stations from interference, at night it reduces power to 250 watts. The transmitter is in the Belmont Village neighborhood of Philadelphia, off Conshohocken Avenue. [3] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W237EH at 95.3 MHz in Pennsauken, New Jersey. [4]

History

Christian programming

The station first signed on the air on July 11, 1947. [5] Its call sign was WJMJ which stood for "Jesus, Mary, Joseph". The station broadcast middle-of-the-road music and religious programming. It was owned by Patrick Joseph Stanton and had its offices and studios in the St. James Hotel.

WJMJ was a daytimer, powered at 1,000 watts and forced to sign-off at sunset to avoid interfering with other stations on 1540 kHz. In the late 1950s, the station got a boost to 50,000 watts, but it still had to stay off the air at night. [6] One of the programs carried on WJMJ in the 1950s was George A. Palmer's popular Morning Cheer daily broadcast. [7]

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 WFIL also adopted a country format, WRCP switched to oldies. Later in 1985, the call sign was changed to WSNI to match sister station 104.5 WSNI-FM (now WRFF). For a time, the AM station broadcast an all-Beatles-and-Motown format. After two years, a more conventional oldies mix returned and the station became WPGR ("Philly Gold Radio").

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 Christian talk and teaching stations around the U.S. WNWR returned to its beginning roots with a religious format, broadcasting as "1540 The Word". The call sign's meaning was repurposed as "New Word Radio", with "Word" as a synonym for "The Bible".

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W237EH95.3 FM Pennsauken, New Jersey 141664250D 39°55′34.6″N75°3′11.1″W / 39.926278°N 75.053083°W / 39.926278; -75.053083 (W237EH) LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WNWR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ FCC.gov/WNWR
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WNWR
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W237EH
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 226
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-219
  7. ↑ "Statement Issued by 'Cheer' Head". Courier-Post . Camden, New Jersey. July 1, 1959. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 page B-138
  9. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-471
  10. ↑ "WDUQ Prepares for All-News Future". Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  11. ↑ "FCC, Justice Department investigate covert Chinese radio network". Reuters. November 2, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Silent AM Broadcast Stations List". May 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ "History of Philadelphia radio station 1540 WNWR (Philadelphia Radio Archives)".
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