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American radio and television broadcast company
Press Communications Radio, LLC
is a broadcasting company in the
American
state of
New Jersey
which owns six radio stations. The company is owned by Robert E. McAllan, and is a sister entity to PMCM TV, LLC. It traces its roots back to 1895,
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and entered radio broadcasting in 1947 by launching the first FM station entirely in the Garden State,
WBAB-FM
in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
(at the time, owned by its subsidiary, Press-Union Newspapers), simulcasting
WBAB
, later falling silent.
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While no longer in the newspaper business, the company has a formal business partnership with the
Gannett
-owned
Asbury Park Press
.
PMCM TV
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PMCM TV, LLC was founded in 2008 in
Wall Township, New Jersey
to purchase
KJWY
from
Sunbelt Communications Company
and
KVNV
from
Valley Broadcasting Company
. After the sale closed in 2009, the stations were moved to Wilmington, Delaware (to serve the Philadelphia market) and Middletown Township, New Jersey (to serve the New York City market) respectively and resumed broadcasting in 2013. The Wilmington station, which PMCM renamed KJWP, was sold to Maranatha Broadcasting Company in 2017, and the Middletown Township which PMCM renamed WJLP, was sold to
Weigel Broadcasting
in 2022.
Broadcasting
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Radio stations
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Press Communications, LLC
City
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Call sign
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Frequency
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Branding
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Format
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Notes
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Eatontown, New Jersey
|
WHTG
|
1410 kHz
|
The Breeze
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Oldies
|
Purchased in November 2000
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Ocean Acres, New Jersey
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WBBO
|
98.5 MHz
|
B 98.5
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CHR
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Purchased in August 2004
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Tuckerton, New Jersey
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WBHX
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99.7 MHz
|
107.1 The Boss
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Classic Rock
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Purchased in March 2017, simulcasts
WWZY
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Eatontown, New Jersey
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WKMK
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106.3 MHz
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Thunder 106
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Country music
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Purchased in November 2000, simulcast on
WTHJ
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Bass River Township, New Jersey
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WTHJ
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106.5 MHz
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Thunder 106
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Country music
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Purchased in November 2000, simulcasts
WKMK
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Long Branch, New Jersey
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WWZY
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107.1 MHz
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107.1 The Boss
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Classic Rock
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Purchased in March 2017, simulcasts
WBHX
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Formerly owned stations:
Press Communications, LLC
City
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Call sign
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Frequency
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Years owned
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Current status
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Atlantic City, New Jersey
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WBAB
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1490 kHz
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1940s-1955
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CBS Radio
affiliate. Went dark, frequency handed to new owners in 1955, now
WBSS
, owned by Longport Media
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Atlantic City, New Jersey
|
WBAB-FM
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100.7 MHz
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1947-1955
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FM simulcast of WBAB (AM), first FM station in New Jersey. Went dark, frequency handed to new owners in 1959, now
WZXL
, owned by Equity Communications
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Television stations
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See also
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References
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