WWTR

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WWTR
WWTR1170.png
Broadcast area Central New Jersey
Frequency 1170 kHz
BrandingEBC Radio
Programming
Format South Asian
Ownership
OwnerEBC Music, Inc.
History
First air date
December 23, 1971;52 years ago (1971-12-23)
Former call signs
  • WBRW (1971–1990)
  • WSPW (1997–1999)
  • WWTR (1999–2006)
  • WJJZ (2006)
Call sign meaning
similar to WMTR (former simulcast)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 6684
Class D
Power 600 watts (daytime only)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°33′37.0″N74°35′22.0″W / 40.560278°N 74.589444°W / 40.560278; -74.589444 (WWTR)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website ebcmusic.com

WWTR (1170 AM, "EBC Radio") is a radio station in Bridgewater, New Jersey broadcasting a South Asian-oriented ethnic format. The station is currently owned by EBC Music, Inc.

Contents

History

The station signed on December 23, 1971, as WBRW, a middle of the road-formatted station owned by the Somerset Valley Broadcasting Corporation [2] and licensed to Somerville, New Jersey. [3] The station subsequently shifted to an adult contemporary format, [2] and was later relicensed to Bridgewater. However, WBRW began to lose money during the 1980s, and in 1990 it was taken off-the-air. [2]

The Bridgewater Broadcasting Corporation purchased the license in 1993, [4] and brought WBRW back on the air in February 1997. [2] Initially airing its own programming, in December 1997 the station became WSPW and began to simulcast One on One Sports programming from WJWR in Newark (now WSNR in Jersey City). [2] [5] The following year, the station was sold to New Jersey Broadcasters and in April 1999 became a simulcast of sister standards station WMTR, under the callsign WWTR. [2] New Jersey Broadcasting was sold to Greater Media in 2001. [6] WMTR and WWTR shifted to a classic oldies format, emphasizing pre-1964 music, in 2004. [7]

WWTR was leased to EBC Music, Inc. on November 1, 2005, who moved their "EBC Radio" South Asian programming from WTTM. [8] The station's call letters were then changed to WJJZ for a brief time in 2006 so that Greater Media could transfer that callsign to 97.5 FM in Burlington (now WPEN); [9] after this was completed, 1170 returned to WWTR. [10] In 2011 EBC Music ended their lease agreement and bought WWTR. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WWTR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New Jersey AM Radio History". Radio-History.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2002. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1973 (PDF). 1973. p. B-128. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ Hinckley, David (December 29, 1997). "WLIB Devotes Tomorrow To Look At '97". Daily News . New York. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  6. ↑ Fybush, Scott (May 14, 2001). "Greater Media Buys in New Jersey". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  7. ↑ Fybush, Scott (January 12, 2004). "WLIR Legend Ends at 92.7". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
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