WTHA (FM)
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| Simulcasts WRDV, Warminster, Pennsylvania | |
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| Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Big band/Doo wop/Oldies |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bux-Mont Educational Radio Association |
| WRDV, WLBS | |
| History | |
First air date | August 21, 1992[1] |
Former call signs | WNJS-FM (1991–2023) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48486 |
| Class | A |
| ERP |
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| HAAT | 287 m (942 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′41.40″N 74°50′37.60″W / 39.7281667°N 74.8437778°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wrdv.org |
WTHA (88.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Berlin, New Jersey. The station is owned by Bux-Mont Educational Radio Association, and simulcasts the public radio programming of WRDV in Warminster, Pennsylvania.
History[edit]
The station was owned by WHYY, Inc., and simulcasted the public radio news and talk programming of WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 2011 until June 2023.
Prior to the WHYY, Inc. ownership, the station was owned and operated by the New Jersey Network. NJN's radio network began operation May 20, 1991, when WNJT-FM in Trenton signed on. Eight other stations would be established over the following seventeen years.
On June 6, 2011, the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority agreed to sell five FM stations in southern New Jersey to WHYY. The transaction was announced by Governor Chris Christie, as part of his long-term goal to end State-subsidized public broadcasting. The five stations previously belonged to New Jersey Network's statewide radio service.[3] WHYY assumed control of the stations through a management agreement on July 1, 2011, pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for the acquisition; at that point, the stations began to carry the WHYY-FM schedule.[4]
In March 2023, WHYY announced that it would sell WNJS-FM to the Bux-Mont Educational Radio Association, which owns WRDV, for $110,000.[5] The sale was completed on June 15, 2023, and the WTHA call sign was assigned by the FCC on June 20.
References[edit]
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-283. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTHA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Press release: "WHYY-FM TO EXPAND COVERAGE IN NEW JERSEY AS PART OF AGREEMENT TO TAKE OVER FIVE NJN STATIONS."" (PDF). WHYY, Inc. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ^ "WHYY Philadelphia Expands New Jersey Coverage, NJN Is Kaput". Atlantic City Central. July 1, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ Michael Simon, Perry (March 12, 2023). "WHYY/Philadelphia Sells Off Another South Jersey FM". All Access.
External links[edit]
- wrdv.org
- WTHA in the FCC FM station database
- WTHA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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