Simulcasts WRDV, Warminster, Pennsylvania | |
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Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Big band/Doo wop/Oldies |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bux-Mont Educational Radio Association |
WRDV, WLBS | |
History | |
First air date | August 21, 1992 [1] |
Former call signs | WNJS-FM (1991–2023) |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 48486 |
Class | A |
ERP |
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HAAT | 287 m (942 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′41.40″N74°50′37.60″W / 39.7281667°N 74.8437778°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | wrdv.org |
WTHA (88.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Berlin, New Jersey. The station is owned by Bux-Mont Educational Radio Association, and simulcasts the public radio programming of WRDV in Warminster, Pennsylvania.
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Prior to the WHYY, Inc. ownership, the station was owned and operated by the New Jersey Network. NJN's radio network began operation May 20, 1991, when WNJT-FM in Trenton signed on. Eight other stations would be established over the following seventeen years.
On June 6, 2011, the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority agreed to sell five FM stations in southern New Jersey to WHYY. The transaction was announced by Governor Chris Christie, as part of his long-term goal to end State-subsidized public broadcasting. The five stations previously belonged to New Jersey Network's statewide radio service. [3] WHYY assumed control of the stations through a management agreement on July 1, 2011, pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for the acquisition; at that point, the stations began to carry the WHYY-FM schedule. [4]
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