Press Communications

Press Communications
Limited Liability Company
Industry Broadcast television, Radio broadcasting
Founded 1895 (Newspapers),
1947 (Radio),
2008 (Television)
Headquarters Wall Township, New Jersey
Area served
 New Jersey, neighbouring areas of Pennsylvania and New York
Owner Robert E. McAllan (CEO)
Subsidiaries PMCM TV, LLC
Website http://www.presscommradio.com
http://www.pmcmtv.com

Press Communications Radio, LLC is a broadcasting company in the American state of New Jersey which owns six radio stations and one television stations, WJLP in Middletown, New Jersey. The company is owned by Robert E. McAllan, and is a sister entity to PMCM TV, LLC. It traces its roots back to 1895,[1] and entered radio broadcasting in 1947 by launching the first FM station entirely in the Garden State, WBAB-FM in Atlantic City, New Jersey (at the time, owned by its subsidiary, Press-Union Newspapers), simulcasting WBAB, later falling silent.[2] While no longer in the newspaper business, the company has a formal business partnership with the Gannett-owned Asbury Park Press.

PMCM TV

PMCM TV, LLC was founded in 2008 in Wall Township, New Jersey to purchase KJWY from Sunbelt Communications Company and KVNV from Valley Broadcasting Company. After the sale closed in 2009, the stations were moved to Wilmington, Delaware (to serve the Philadelphia market) and Middletown Township, New Jersey (to serve the New York City market) respectively and resumed broadcasting in 2013. The Wilmington station, which PMCM renamed KJWP, was sold to Maranatha Broadcasting Company in 2017.

Broadcasting

Radio stations

Press Communications, LLC
City Call Sign Frequency Branding Format Notes
Eatontown, New Jersey WHTG 1410 kHz Great Gold 1410 Oldies Purchased in November 2000
Ocean Acres, New Jersey WBBO 98.5 MHz B 98.5 CHR Purchased in August 2004
Tuckerton, New Jersey WBHX 99.7 MHz 99.7 The Boss Classic Rock Purchased in March 2017, simulcasts WWZY
Eatontown, New Jersey WKMK 106.3 MHz Thunder 106 Country music Purchased in November 2000, simulcast on WTHJ
Bass River Township, New Jersey WTHJ 106.5 MHz Thunder 106 Country music Purchased in November 2000, simulcasts WKMK
Long Branch, New Jersey WWZY 107.1 MHz 107.1 The Boss Classic Rock Purchased in March 2017, simulcasts WBHX

Formerly owned stations:

Press Communications, LLC
City Call Sign Frequency Years Owned Current Ownership Status
Atlantic City, New Jersey WBAB 1490 kHz 1940s-1955 CBS Radio affiliate. Went dark, frequency handed to new owners in 1955, now WBSS, owned by Longport Media
Atlantic City, New Jersey WBAB-FM 100.7 MHz 1947-1955 FM Simulcast of WBAB (AM), first FM station in New Jersey. Went dark, frequency handed to new owners in 1959, now WZXL, owned by Equity Communications

Television stations

PMCM TV
City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)		 Owned Since Affiliation
Middletown Township, NJ / New York, NY WJLP 33 (3) 2008 MeTV

Formerly owned

City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)		 Years owned Current ownership status
Wilmington, DE / Philadelphia, PA KJWY/KJWP 2 (2) 2009-2017 MeTV affiliate, WDPN-TV, owned by Maranatha Broadcasting Company

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Press Communications, LLC: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Radio-History.com - New Jersey FM Radio History - Page 7". angelfire.com. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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