WWTR
Radio station in Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
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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.
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| 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 |
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Call sign meaning | similar to WMTR (former simulcast) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 6684 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 600 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°33′37.0″N 74°35′22.0″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | ebcmusic |
WWTR is powered by 600 watts daytime only. At night, WWTR must sign off the air to avoid interference with clear-channel station WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia.
History
The station signed on December 23, 1971, as WBRW, a middle of the road-formatted station owned by the Somerset Valley Broadcasting Corporation[2] and licensed to Somerville, New Jersey.[3] The station subsequently shifted to an adult contemporary format,[2] and was later relicensed to Bridgewater. However, WBRW began to lose money during the 1980s, and in 1990 it was taken off-the-air.[2]
The Bridgewater Broadcasting Corporation purchased the license in 1993,[4] and brought WBRW back on the air in February 1997.[2] 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).[2][5] 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.[2] New Jersey Broadcasting was sold to Greater Media in 2001.[6] WMTR and WWTR shifted to a classic oldies format, emphasizing pre-1964 music, in 2004.[7]
WWTR was leased to EBC Music, Inc. on November 1, 2005, who moved their "EBC Radio" South Asian programming from WTTM.[8] 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);[9] after this was completed, 1170 returned to WWTR.[10] In 2011 EBC Music ended their lease agreement and bought WWTR.[11]