Since Beasley sold WJBR cheap I wonder what they would let WTMR go for.
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The land would probably be worth more than the signal. The station is basically brokered religious and making them SOME money. Then again, 610 was brokered sports and they leased it off to iHeart, so you never know.
Make a good offer and many things are for sale. 😀
It's interesting that Beasley owns both WMTR and WTMR. And also a bit creepy that the calls stand for "Where The Master Reigns".
Well, according to Wikipedia, the owner was someone named Thomas Roberts. He asked for a call sign that included letters in his name. This was in 1968, well before the station became brokered religious programming. Years later, someone took the existing call letters and came up with a Christian slogan to go with them.
WTMR uses two towers near Black Horse Pike in Camden. I guess all land near Philadelphia is worth something. But this land, in one of the poorest cities in New Jersey, behind a strip mall, isn't in high demand.
WTMR uses two towers near Black Horse Pike in Camden. I guess all land near Philadelphia is worth something. But this land, in one of the poorest cities in New Jersey, behind a strip mall, isn't in high demand.
The OP is the son of the owner in 1968, Thomas Roberts
My Father Tommy Roberts Sr owned WTMR from 1968 to 1986.
The station building is kinda neat-looking.
Is that an FM antenna on top of one of the towers?
Is that an FM antenna on top of one of the towers?
The station building is kinda neat-looking.
Is that an FM antenna on top of one of the towers?
Thats WKVP 106.9
A quick google search says that this stations offices and studio are now located in Bala so I’m curious how old the first picture is and if the building is still there. It looks like a very nice building for a 5000 watt day and 500 watt night time station.The station building is kinda neat-looking.
Is that an FM antenna on top of one of the towers?
Image says June 2022, so the grounds are being maintained at least. Wouldn't be surprised if the building inside is just the transmitter and maybe some storage. At one time a small AM could support a facility like this.
@kevtronics
Many years ago (many) when I was a kid DXer up near JFK Airport in Queens, the calls for the station were WKDN. They put a decent enough signal into the various barbershop radios and whatever other rubbish I used to inherit from my friends who would periodically upgrade to better rigs and leave their hand-me-downs near my bicycle.
An old NRC logbook listed them as 'WTMR'. 5000 day only, directional. Perhaps as the former WKDN they were lower-power and omni. Who knows? But this rock-and-rolling punk enjoyed their earlier, secular WTMR sound ; that MoR full-service radio.
Of course, the 'WKDN' calls are now on 950 ..... WIP is no longer on 610 but on FM .... the wee WTEL 860 -- weren't they a 250-watter? -- is now on 610 ..... 'WPEN' is now on an FM frequency originally licensed (iIrc) to Trenton .....
.... and so on. Boston and Norfolk are two other pretty good-sized markets where 1950's call letters have been swapped like swapped like old 45 record picture sleeves. I gusss all the good calls are taken. Makes a DXer wonder, though, since few licensed stations even use call letters anymore.
Many years ago (many) when I was a kid DXer up near JFK Airport in Queens, the calls for the station were WKDN. They put a decent enough signal into the various barbershop radios and whatever other rubbish I used to inherit from my friends who would periodically upgrade to better rigs and leave their hand-me-downs near my bicycle.
An old NRC logbook listed them as 'WTMR'. 5000 day only, directional. Perhaps as the former WKDN they were lower-power and omni. Who knows? But this rock-and-rolling punk enjoyed their earlier, secular WTMR sound ; that MoR full-service radio.
Of course, the 'WKDN' calls are now on 950 ..... WIP is no longer on 610 but on FM .... the wee WTEL 860 -- weren't they a 250-watter? -- is now on 610 ..... 'WPEN' is now on an FM frequency originally licensed (iIrc) to Trenton .....
.... and so on. Boston and Norfolk are two other pretty good-sized markets where 1950's call letters have been swapped like swapped like old 45 record picture sleeves. I gusss all the good calls are taken. Makes a DXer wonder, though, since few licensed stations even use call letters anymore.
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