1460 AM WIFI program the station yourself?

[marcus250]

I posted the complete announcement on the New Jersey board very interesting! from contemporary christian music to guess that's up to you so says the new operator if WIFI AM 1460 florance NJ!

 

[DToTheJ]

Said operator would be John Forsythe, who also owns WNJC, which serves some of the Philly metro area.
http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,111449.0.html

In other words... 1460 is flipping to brokered programming.

And trust me when I say there will be more stations in this area to follow over the next several years.

 

[DG02816]

Just hoping 1460 gets tech. problems taken care of, as the chuch that owned it let a lot of stuff go. I hear WTKT Harrisburg on the channel most nights after WIFI cuts power.....

 

[Rockin Rob]

Just hoping 1460 gets tech. problems taken care of, as the chuch that owned it let a lot of stuff go. I hear WTKT Harrisburg on the channel most nights after WIFI cuts power.....

When WIFI was "born again" on 1460, I could catch them from Blue Bell on a regular basis, especially when Venditti ran the joint. Nowadays, I'll scan and No 1460 whatsoever, and unless I make a specific in my mind choice to tune it in, I forget it exists. Dave's right, the church left a lot of the signal go to waste. Hopefully, Forsythe knows this and can upgrade 1460am to allow the voices to be heard.

 

[ccuphl]

Hopefully, Forsythe knows this and can upgrade 1460am to allow the voices to be heard.

"Forsythe" and "upgrade" in the same sentence is freakin' hilarious. Has WNJC's 5kw directional signal ever been on?

In the perfect world of public service (i.e. a real, non-brokered format), a 1360/1460 simulcast would cover a nice chunk of South Jersey. The Washington Township-Cherry Hill area could support its own station as long as it ran stuff people wanted to hear (high school football, etc.). Wouldn't take much to throw on some local newscasts and traffic, etc.

 

[BRUSSTAR]

"Forsythe" and "upgrade" in the same sentence is freakin' hilarious. Has WNJC's 5kw directional signal ever been on?

If it has, I never heard it. When I was last there ten years ago, I was told the new signal would be turned on "in the next few months", and that it would be "much better" because it was 5000 watts instead of 1000.

I don't know how this station has managed to spend the better part of 20 years operating on an STA. It is still on STA, right?

Obviously it's advantageous for WNJC to keep the "temporary low-power" non-D setup, in order to cover South Philadelphia where there are generally a high concentration of doo-wop brokers. At least that was the case in the '90s.

The Washington Township-Cherry Hill area could support its own station as long as it ran stuff people wanted to hear (high school football, etc.). Wouldn't take much to throw on some local newscasts and traffic, etc.

It could at one time, and it did. What do you think the station was before going brokered? Like most wasteland stations, it at one time was a "living, breathing" media outlet. "Wouldn't take much to throw on some local newscasts"? Who's going to do that? And how good would it sound? And why, since nobody's listening?

 

[SundaySportsLive]

To those who claim WNJC is full of amateurs and is comparable to American Idol.

I can not speak for other shows on the station, but as host and co-producer of Sunday Sports Live, I take offense to your unvalidated opinion.

Personally, I have experience with CBS radio and Beasley Broadcasting (in the Philadelphia market), along with sports experience with The Sports Network.
Our producer, Jim Collins, is from ESPN radio in Washington DC. One of our co-hosts, Quiggs, has been featured on ESPN.
All of us will be featured in the upcoming film, Green Fans. (greenfansthemovie.net)

Our station has also served as the origonal broadcast home for both the Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia Soul.

At WNJC sports, we live by the slogan "For the fans, By the fans". If you want biased, propaganda-filled, Andy Reid-ass-kissing sports talk radio, go to one of the other stations in the market. If you want true, honest, hard-hitting opinion and analysis of the NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA, listen to us. And yes, unlike other stations in the market, we can actually discuss hockey without sounding like a moron. (apologies to the few from other stations who watch and cover the NHL).

We broadcast Sunday Sports Live every Sunday at 6pm, live from the Eagles Den - 615 MacDade Blvd. in Collingdale, PA.
At 7:30 we take it back over the other side of the river with Butz and Butz Sports, with Jim and Eric Butz, live from PJ Whelihans on Route 70 in Cherry Hill.
Also tune in to The Sports Maniacs, Tuesday nights at 11
1360am WNJC or online at wnjc1360.com

Ray Moffo
Sunday Sports Live
The Sports Maniacs
1360am WNJC
myspace.com/wnjcsportsmaniacs
[email protected]

 

[RoscoeBrowning]

To those who claim WNJC is full of amateurs and is comparable to American Idol.

I can not speak for other shows on the station, but as host and co-producer of Sunday Sports Live, I take offense to your unvalidated opinion.

Maybe your show is the exception to the rule (I don't know, I've never heard it -- or heard of it), but just about everything I've heard on WNJC is garbage. With brokered stations like WNJC, where the hosts pay to be on the air, you shouldn't expect anything less.

Not that it really matters. Nobody is listening to that radio station anyway. Most people don't even know it's there -- even in Washington Township, the city of license. Pull anyone aside and I guarantee they'll say "W-what?"

 

[Fakeem]

Does/Have any Philadelphia radio stations used "Brokered" programming? If so, who, when, and at what cost?

 

[wcradio2]

Which station?
Just go to any AM and you will find brokered programming. Some FMs too. Like WLVT mentioned in another thread.
Hell, I'd love to find any AM that didn't go brokered.
Even stations that are 'big talkers' have brokered programming.