WVNJ

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WVNJ
Broadcast area New York metropolitan area
Frequency 1160 kHz
Branding Relevant Radio
Programming
Format Christian radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Relevant Radio
  • (Relevant Radio, Inc.)
WNSW
History
First air date
1992;32 years ago (1992)
Call sign meaning
Voice of New Jersey
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 68956
Class B
Power
  • 20,000 watts (day)
  • 2,500 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°03′23″N74°14′58″W / 41.05639°N 74.24944°W / 41.05639; -74.24944
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website relevantradio.com

WVNJ (1160 AM) is a religious formatted radio station licensed to Oakland, New Jersey and serving Bergen County, New Jersey and parts of the New York City area. The station is owned-and-operated by Relevant Radio, Inc. and broadcasts Catholic programing.

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History

WVNJ began operation on AM 1160 as a CP in 1987 and signed on in 1992. The station initially offered an oldies format featuring mostly R&B music from 1955 to 1974. The format did not do well and in January 1996 WVNJ flipped to an adult standards format known as "The Station Of The Stars" featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, The Mills Brothers, Peggy Lee, Tommy Dorsey, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby, McGuire Sisters, Bobby Darin, Perry Como, Glenn Miller, Sammy Davis Jr., and many others. The station stayed away from baby boomer pop with the exception of quazi-rock and roll artists like Ray Charles.[ citation needed ]

The station also added former 1130 WNEW air personalities such as Ted Brown, Jim Lowe, Jim Harlan, Mike Prelee, Mike Myers, and Bobby Ryan. Bill Gaghan was the program director during Ted Brown's tenure. Throughout 1996, 1997, and 1998 the station was somewhat profitable but ratings were modest at best.[ citation needed ] Advertising on the station gradually faded in 1998. With WQEW leaving the format after Christmas 1998, it was hoped that WVNJ would pick up some of their advertisers and ratings. However, by 1999 Adult Standards had become a tough format to sell and WVNJ was losing sponsors. As a result, the station began automating evenings and overnights.

In 2002, WVNJ began selling blocks of evening time as well as blocks of weekend time to specialty programmers as well as for infomercials. By 2003, WVNJ added more infomercials to middays during the week as well in order to turn a profit. By 2006, WVNJ was down to only a few hours of music per week.

WVNJ "The Voice"

Starting in late 2006, WVNJ became " The Voice". When the format first began, the station remained playing music, more talk shows and infomercials were added as 2007 rolled in. WVNJ began to lose the standards music and added more talk and infomercials. Later on in 2007 WVNJ added its first morning talk show called "The Voice In The Morning" with Gary O'Neill and Kathleen Maloney. The show was canceled in early November 2007 and replaced in January 2008 by another local morning show. The replacement was a talk show hosted by Sam Greenfield [2] (formerly of WEVD and WWRL) and long time WVNJ announcer Pete Buckey.

On September 13, 2018, it was announced that Universal Broadcasting of New York was selling WVNJ to Immaculate Heart Media. [3] The sale was consummated on November 26, 2018. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVNJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "None".
  3. ↑ "Immaculate Heart Media Buys WVNJ/Oakland, NJ". All Access.
  4. ↑ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov.
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