WJMP (AM)
City | Plattsburgh, New York |
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Broadcast area | Champlain Valley |
Frequency | 1070 kHz |
Branding | JUMP 103.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hip hop |
Ownership | |
Owner | Loud Media (A & J Radio LLC) |
History | |
First air date | June 15, 1968[1] |
Former call signs | WKDR (1968–1993) WNWX (1993–1995) WZBZ (1995–1998) WDOT (1998–1999) WGLY (1999–2001) WLFE (2001–2002) WTWK (2002–2017) WPLB (2017–2021) |
Call sign meaning | "Jump" |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 27554 |
Class | D |
Power | 5,000 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°36′15.3″N 73°27′18.1″W / 44.604250°N 73.455028°WCoordinates: 44°36′15.3″N 73°27′18.1″W / 44.604250°N 73.455028°W |
Translator(s) | 103.7 W279DE (Plattsburgh) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | jump1037.com |
WJMP (1070 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hip hop format. Licensed to Plattsburgh, New York, United States, the station serves the Champlain Valley, including Burlington, Vermont. The station is owned by Loud Media.[2] WJMP's programming is also heard on translator station W279DE (103.7 FM) in Plattsburgh.[3]
History[]
The station went on the air on June 15, 1968,[1] as WKDR.[4] It became WNWX on June 1, 1993. On April 14, 1995, the station changed its call sign to WZBZ; on January 23, 1998, to WDOT; on July 15, 1999, to WGLY; on February 23, 2001, to WLFE; on April 23, 2002, to WTWK and on January 15, 2017, to WPLB.[5]
A & J Radio (a subsidiary of Loud Media) acquired WTWK from Radio Broadcasting Services (a subsidiary of Northeast Broadcasting) for $140,000[6] on October 24, 2016.[7] At the time of the sale, the station was running a business news format supplied by Bloomberg Radio.[8] In January 2017, after briefly simulcasting WZXP (a country music station operated by but owned by Radioactive, LLC), the station introduced an oldies and classic country format, which was transferred from former sister stations WCAT and WRSA.[9]
On June 13, 2020, WPLB dropped its oldies format for a classic hip hop format using Loud Media's JUMP brand. The station is branded as JUMP 103.7.[10] The WJMP call letters were moved here from 1120 AM in Knoxville in 2021.
Translator[]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID |
ERP (W) |
Height (m (ft)) |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W279DE | 103.7 | Plattsburgh, New York | 148772 | 220 | 328 m (1,076 ft) | D | 44°34′27.27″N 73°40′29.01″W / 44.5742417°N 73.6747250°W | FCC LMS |
References[]
- ^ a b 1994 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, page B-257
- ^ "WPLB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ https://www.fybush.com/nerw-20170116/ Prog talk fades away
- ^ "WKDR (WPLB) FCC history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ "WPLB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 28, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 27, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ "WTWK-A/Plattsburgh, NY Sold; College Finds Buyer For FM It Shut Down". All Access. July 26, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (January 16, 2017). "Mid-Century Radio Moves Across Lake Champlain". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
- ^ JUMP 103.7
External links[]
- Official website
- WJMP in the FCC AM station database
- WJMP on Radio-Locator
- WJMP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Radio stations in New York (state)
- Radio stations established in 1968
- 1968 establishments in New York (state)
- Daytime-only radio stations in New York (state)
- Classic hip-hop radio stations in the United States
- New York (state) radio station stubs