WSJO

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

WSJO

City	Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
Broadcast area	South Jersey
Frequency	104.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	SoJO 104.9
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Subchannels	HD1: WSJO analog HD2: Spanish hits (Nueva 93) HD3: WJPG simulcast HD4: WWFP simulcast
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC)
Sister stations	WENJ, WFPG, WPGG, WPUR
History
First air date	1971 (as WRDR)
Former call signs	WRDR (1971 – 1999) WEMG (1999) WEMG-FM (1999 – 2003) WOJZ (2003 – 2004)
Call sign meaning	We're South Jersey's Own
Technical information
Facility ID	57357
Class	B1
ERP	10,000 watts (analog) 477 watts (digital)[1]
HAAT	155 meters (509 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°32′49.4″N 74°38′17.5″W / 39.547056°N 74.638194°W / 39.547056; -74.638194 (WSJO)
Translator(s)	See tables below
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	sojo1049.com

WSJO (104.9 FM, "SoJO 104.9") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Egg Harbor City, New Jersey. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, through licensee Townsquare License, LLC, and broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format.

WSJO broadcasts to the Atlantic City area and greater southern New Jersey, including Cherry Hill and other eastern suburbs of Philadelphia. When the station first hit the air in 2004, its programming originated from studios shared with New Jersey 101.5 in Ewing Township, New Jersey, outside its primary coverage area. Today, the station is programmed from the Townsquare cluster in Northfield, NJ, well within the Atlantic City market. That cluster includes WFPG, Atlantic City (Lite Rock 96.9), WENJ, Millvile (97.3 ESPN), WPUR, Atlantic City (Cat Country 107.3) and WPGG, Atlantic City (WPG Talk Radio 95.5).

History[]

The FM station began operations in 1971 as WRDR on 104.9 FM. The city-of-license was, and still is Egg Harbor City. It, along with its AM simulcast counterpart, WRDI, was known as "WRD Radio", with studios on the White Horse Pike in Hammonton, NJ, the city-of-license for WRDI. Broadcasts consisted of an MOR music format, along with high school sports and live area events, like remotes from Hammonton's annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival and the Red, White and Blueberry Festival. The stations were owned by Delaware Valley radio veteran Jim Rodio (d/b/a Rodio Radio). In 1980, Rodio sold the AM station and WRDR went it alone from new studios on Philadelphia Avenue in Egg Harbor City, using a syndicated "live assist" standards/MOR format called "Unforgettable" from Toby Arnold and Associates. Now known as "Unforgettable FM 105 WRDR," the format was augmented by music from a record library. One of the stations biggest features was Rodio's Saturday evening "Bandstand" program highlighting the Big Band years. The station had also aired Philadelphia Phillies baseball and Philadelphia Flyers hockey.

In 1997, Rodio sold WRDR to New Jersey Broadcasting, who "updated" the format by hiring former WIP, Philadelphia music director Bob Russo as program director. Russo was instrumental in starting WIP on the road to Adult Contemporary from MOR in the 1970s, and WRDR adopted his early-1970s music mix that straddled the two formats, augmented by some later compatible music. The station sounded very much like WIP had in the 1970s.

In 1999 the station was sold again and became WEMG-FM with a Spanish-language format from Mega Broadcasting. The station was simulcast with Mega's "Mega 1310 AM" in Camden, and both stations adopted the "Mega 104.9" moniker.

After another sale in 2003, this time to Nassau Broadcasting, the station began simulcasting the company's "97.5 PST" (CHR WPST Trenton), before airing country music for much of the summer. It's been rumored, but never confirmed, that a prior agreement between Millennium Radio, owners of "Cat Country 107.3" WPUR in Atlantic City, and Nassau precluded either company airing a competitive format in markets where they both owned stations. Nassau then switched 104.9 FM to smooth jazz as WOJZ in late August.

After yet another sale, to competitor Millennium in 2004, the current call sign and format were instituted.

In 2011, WSJO, along with the rest of the Millennium-Atlantic City cluster, was sold to Townsquare Media, the current owner.

In November 2015, WSJO added the programming of WPGG 1450 Atlantic City on HD2, and WJPH/WJPG's Praise FM on HD3. In May 2016, Hope Christian Church of Marlton's Hope FM went on HD4.

Translators[]

The following two translators simulcast the programming of WSJO-HD2 or HD3:

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info	Notes
W230AA	93.9	Atlantic City, New Jersey	41178	250	94 m (308 ft)	D	39°22′35.4″N 74°33′42.6″W / 39.376500°N 74.561833°W / 39.376500; -74.561833 (W230AA)	FCC LMS	Simulcasts HD2
W265CS	100.9	Manahawkin, New Jersey	138241	46	103 m (338 ft)	D	39°42′56.9″N 74°17′29.5″W / 39.715806°N 74.291528°W / 39.715806; -74.291528 (W265CS)	FCC LMS	Simulcasts HD3

References[]

External links[]

• WSJO official website
• WSJO in the FCC FM station database
• WSJO on Radio-Locator
• WSJO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• W230AA in the FCC FM station database
• W230AA on Radio-Locator
• W265CS in the FCC FM station database
• W265CS on Radio-Locator
• FCC History Cards for WSJO

Coordinates: 39°32′49″N 74°38′17″W / 39.547°N 74.638°W / 39.547; -74.638