Broadcast area | Central New Jersey |
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Frequency | 1170 kHz |
Branding | EBC Radio |
Programming | |
Format | South Asian |
Ownership | |
Owner | EBC Music, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | December 23, 1971 |
Former call signs | WBRW (1971–1990) WSPW (1997–1999) WWTR (1999–2006) WJJZ (2006) |
Call sign meaning | similar to WMTR (former simulcast) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 6684 |
Class | D |
Power | 600 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°33′37.0″N 74°35′22.0″W / 40.560278°N 74.589444°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | ebcmusic.com |
WWTR (1170 AM, "EBC Radio") is a radio station in Bridgewater, New Jersey broadcasting a South Asian-oriented ethnic format. The station is currently owned by EBC Music, Inc.
The station signed on December 23, 1971, as WBRW, a middle of the road-formatted station owned by the Somerset Valley Broadcasting Corporation [1] and licensed to Somerville, New Jersey. [2] The station subsequently shifted to an adult contemporary format, [1] and was later relicensed to Bridgewater. However, WBRW began to lose money during the 1980s, and in 1990 it was taken off-the-air. [1]
The Bridgewater Broadcasting Corporation purchased the license in 1993, [3] and brought WBRW back on the air in February 1997. [1] Initially airing its own programming, in December 1997 the station became WSPW and began to simulcast One on One Sports programming from WJWR in Newark (now WSNR in Jersey City). [1] [4] The following year, the station was sold to New Jersey Broadcasters and in April 1999 became a simulcast of sister standards station WMTR, under the callsign WWTR. [1] New Jersey Broadcasting was sold to Greater Media in 2001. [5] WMTR and WWTR shifted to a classic oldies format, emphasizing pre-1964 music, in 2004. [6]
WWTR was leased to EBC Music, Inc. on November 1, 2005, who moved their "EBC Radio" South Asian programming from WTTM. [7] The station's call letters were then changed to WJJZ for a brief time in 2006 so that Greater Media could transfer that callsign to 97.5 FM in Burlington (now WPEN); [8] after this was completed, 1170 returned to WWTR. [9] In 2011 EBC Music ended their lease agreement and bought WWTR. [10]