WJDM

WJDM
City	Elizabeth, New Jersey
Branding	Radio Cantico Nuevo
Frequency	1530 kHz
Translator(s)	See § Translators
First air date	March 11, 1970 (as WELA)
Format	Spanish religious
Language(s)	Spanish
Power	1,000 watts (day); 670 watts (critical hours)
Class	D
Facility ID	54563
Transmitter coordinates	40°41′25.00″N 74°15′40.00″W / 40.6902778°N 74.2611111°WCoordinates: 40°41′25.00″N 74°15′40.00″W / 40.6902778°N 74.2611111°W
Callsign meaning	John Quinn, Dominick Mirabelli, Michael Quinn, the first names of the station's original owners
Owner	Multicultural Broadcasting ; (Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.radiocanticonuevo.com

WJDM (AM 1530 kHz) is a radio station licensed to Elizabeth, New Jersey (the seat of Union County) and the surrounding municipalities and broadcasts a Spanish Christian format. The station's transmitter is located in nearby Union Township, Union County, New Jersey. The original calls of WELA were changed in January 1971 to avoid any confusion with now defunct WERA Plainfield, New Jersey (1590 kHz) which left the air in 1997 after being acquired by WWRL 1600 kHz New York, New York and shut down to extend that station's coverage area to the west.

History

WELA signed on the air on March 11, 1970 with the following jingle: (Drumroll) - Announcer: "You've listened to the rest, now listen to the best!" (Chorus - "W-E-L-A, You never heard it so good!") The original format consisted of music, mainly middle-of-the-road (MOR), adult contemporary and rock 'n roll oldies selections, with local news and information. The station made a name for itself with its coverage of an explosion at the Linden, NJ Bayway Refinery just after 11 PM Saturday December 5, 1970, which had area residents fearing for their lives much of the next day.

In January 1971, the station changed its call letters to WJDM, with the letters J, D and M standing for the first names of the original owners (see infobox above for detailed information on this topic).

Later the station adopted an ethnic format to better serve the city's changing demographics, expanding from Sundays to full-time by the 1990s. On December 8, 1995, the station became first in the United States to acquire a license to operate in the expanded AM radio broadcast band at 1660 kHz, carrying AAHS World Radio network children's format until 1997. Initially, the station carried the same WJDM call letters as its parent station, but later adopted WWRU and changed its city of license to Jersey City, New Jersey.

Translators

Broadcast translators of WJDM
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W248CG	97.5	Jersey City, New Jersey	140791	110	161 m (528 ft)	D	40°42′57″N 74°2′5″W / 40.71583°N 74.03472°W / 40.71583; -74.03472 (W248CG)	FCC

Past air personalities

Art (Looney Skip) Rooney
Bernie Wagenblast
Bill Schaefer
Bob Aronson
Bob Recchia
Bob Salter
Bobby Ryan
Captain Jack
Cathy Oliver
Charles Blanding
Charles Leonard
Charlie Bengle
Chuck Blitzer
Claudia Davis
Cosmo Rose
Dan Coben
Dave DeLore
Dave Frankel
David Allen Pratt
Dean Hunter
Donna Rose
Ed Dzienis
Ed Healy
Ed Klein
Fran Harris
Frank Settipani
Frank Thomas
Fred Fishkin
Gary Cubberly
Gary Guida
Jack Franks
Jan Ochs
Jean Bayrock
Jeff Golden
Jeff Rafter
Jerry Carroll
Jim Bosh
Joe Caroselli
Laura Scott
Lauren Pressley
Mary Barbieri Young
Mike Curci
Mike Seldin
Pete Tauriello
Rich Phoenix
Rich Rapiti
Rob Taylor
Robert Bober
Robert J. Wright
Roger Foote
Ron Maher
Sam Sayegh
Skip Painton
Tom Dwyer
Tommy Dean
Vinny Marino
Wayne Avery
Ziggie Pelzer

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

Radio stations in Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties, New Jersey
By AM frequency	1070 1170 1450 1530
By FM frequency	88.7 90.3 91.9 98.3 99.1 100.7
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	99.1-1 99.1-2 99.1-3
By callsign	W220AA W264BT WAWZ HD2 HD3 WCTC WJDM WKMB WMGQ WRSU-FM WVPH WWTR
Defunct	WDY
NYC Metro Markets Hudson Valley Long Island Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Stamford-Norwalk Other nearby radio markets Allentown-Bethlehem Sussex Trenton See also List of radio stations in New Jersey

Radio stations in the Metropolitan New York market
By AM frequency	570 660¹ 710¹ 770¹ 820 880¹ 1010 1050 1130¹ 1190 1280 1330 1380 1480 1560¹ 1600 1620² New Jersey 620 930 970 1430 1500 1530 1660 Westchester County, New York 1460
Apex/VHF FM	42.8
By FM frequency	87.7 88.9 89.1³ 89.9 90.3 (New York) 90.3 (Brooklyn) 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.9 95.1 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 106.3 106.7 107.5 New Jersey 88.3 88.7 89.1³ 89.5 90.3 91.1 93.1⁴ 94.7 95.9 97.5 99.1 100.3⁴ 103.1 105.9⁴ Long Island, New York 92.7 103.5⁴ Westchester County, New York 88.1 90.3 93.5 94.3 96.7 100.7 103.9 106.3 107.1
Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Chinese Radio New York Gatewave radio reading service Radio Maria Stati Uniti (Italian) 92 kHz Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company ICN Radio Radio Maria Estados Unidos (Spanish) RBC Radio
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	710 770 880 1010 1280 1560 88.3-1 88.3-2 89.1-1³ 89.1-2³ 89.1-3³ 89.5-1 89.5-2 89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 90.7-1 90.7-2 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1⁴ 93.1-2⁴ 93.5-1 93.5-2 93.5-3 93.5-4 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 94.7-1 94.7-2 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.5-3 96.3-1 96.3-2 96.3-3 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 99.1-1 99.1-2 99.1-3 100.3-1⁴ 100.3-2⁴ 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3 102.7-1 102.7-2 102.7-3 103.5-1⁴ 103.5-2⁴ 103.9-1 104.3-1 104.3-2 104.3-3 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1⁴ 105.9-2⁴ 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2
By callsign	KWO35 W232AL W236CH W248CG W276AQ W284BW W292DV WA2XMN WABC¹ WADO WARY WAXQ HD2 HD3 WAWZ HD2 HD3 WBAI WBBR¹ WBGO HD2 WBLS HD2 WCBS¹ WCBS-FM HD2 HD3 WEPN WEPN-FM HD2 HD3 WFAN¹ WFAN-FM WFDU³ HD2 HD3 WFME¹ WFME-FM WFMU WFUV HD2 WGHT WHCR-FM WHTZ⁴ HD2 WHUD WICR² WINS WJDM WKCR-FM HD2 HD3 WKDM WKLV-FM WKRB WKTU⁴ HD2 WLIB WLTW HD2 WMCA WMSC WNBM WNEW-FM HD2 HD3 WNSH HD2 WNSW WNYC WNYC-FM HD2 HD3 WNYE WNYL HD2 WNYM WNYU-FM³ WNYZ-LP WOR¹ WPAT WPAT-FM⁴ HD2 WPLJ HD2 HD3 WPSC-FM WQBU-FM WQHT HD2 WQXR-FM⁴ HD2 WQXW WSIA WSKQ-FM WSNR WSOU HD2 WVIP HD2 HD3 HD4 WVOX WWPR-FM HD2 WWRL WWRU WWRV WXNY-FM HD2 HD3 WXPK WYNE-LP WZRC
Internet	Pulse 87 WBAR
Defunct	2XG WHN (1050) WJY (Hoboken, New Jersey) WJY (New York) WNBC (660) WNBC-FM (97.1) WNEW (1130) WYNY (97.1, 103.5, 107.1)
NYC Metro Markets Hudson Valley Long Island Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Stamford-Norwalk Other nearby radio markets Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Poughkeepsie Sussex Trenton See also List of radio stations in New York ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Part 15 station with notability. ³ = Stations share time on the frequency. ⁴ = Transmits from atop the Empire State Building.

Multicultural Broadcasting
Radio stations	KAHZ KALI KALI-FM KARI KATD KAZN KBLA KCHN KDFT KEST KFSG KIQI KLIB KMNY KMRB KSJX KVRI KXPA KXYZ WAZN WEXY WFBR WHWH WJCC WJDM WKDM WLXE WLYN WNMA WPAT WTTM WWRU WZHF WZRC
Television stations	KILM (SonLife)²
¹ Controlled by Lincoln Financial Media under LMA.

Daytime-Only radio stations in New Jersey
Stations	WFAI - Salem WGHT - Pompton Lakes WIBG - Ocean City-Somers Point WJDM - Elizabeth WKMB - Stirling WWTR - Bridgewater
See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

WJDM

History

Translators

Past air personalities

See also

External links