What ever happened with this station, did it ever get on the air, I know around 1990 they built a 10kw-D, 3.5kw-N Directional Stereo site on route 37 a few miles east of the Lakehurst circle so I was told. I never heard them on the air but I do know the calls went to 94.5 when they went Oldies.
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1550 as WNJO never materalized ..
Sandpiper Broadcasting originally held the license, until it was eventually handed over to the owners of WJRZ in 1991 ..
I didn't know a site was built on Rt. 37, but when WJRZ held the license, the proposed transmitter site was downtown, off of Water St ..
WJRZ even built an AM studio, next to their sales office, also on Water St, and went as far as "advertising" the station at promotional events, but they too, never got the station off the ground ..
I was told at one time that they DID actually do some on-air testing, but I never heard it first-hand ..
They also had a CP to "move" the station to 1620, but that fell through also ..
The FCC cancelled the CP in 1995 ..
Sandpiper Broadcasting originally held the license, until it was eventually handed over to the owners of WJRZ in 1991 ..
I didn't know a site was built on Rt. 37, but when WJRZ held the license, the proposed transmitter site was downtown, off of Water St ..
WJRZ even built an AM studio, next to their sales office, also on Water St, and went as far as "advertising" the station at promotional events, but they too, never got the station off the ground ..
I was told at one time that they DID actually do some on-air testing, but I never heard it first-hand ..
They also had a CP to "move" the station to 1620, but that fell through also ..
The FCC cancelled the CP in 1995 ..
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1550 WNJO/WJRZ was never built. Due to zoning (NIMBY) problems the construction kept getting delayed. Eventually they gave up on 1550 kHz and applied for an Expanded Band license, and the FCC allocated them for 1620 kHz, but that never got built either. The PirateJim site says, "With financial difficulties and zoning problems with their antenna system continuing, the station's CP was cancelled on September 14, 1995."
I think the owners also gave up trying because they knew they were a decade too late for a new AM station to be successful. In 1984 when they first got the 1550 kHz allocation maybe it could work, but not in 1994.
I think the owners also gave up trying because they knew they were a decade too late for a new AM station to be successful. In 1984 when they first got the 1550 kHz allocation maybe it could work, but not in 1994.
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