WWRV
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Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
Frequency | 1330 kHz |
Branding | Radio Visión Cristiana |
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Language(s) | Spanish |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Radio Visión Cristiana Management Corp. |
History | |
First air date | 1926 |
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Call sign meaning | "Radio Visión" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 54874 |
Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 40°50′42.36″N 74°1′10.5″W / 40.8451000°N 74.019583°W |
Repeater(s) | 1310 WRVP (Mount Kisco) |
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Public license information | |
Website | www |
WWRV (1330 AM) is a Spanish-language Christian music and teaching station, licensed to New York, New York. It is owned by Radio Visión Cristiana Management.
History
[edit]For years 1330 was WEVD, named after the Socialist Party leader Eugene V. Debs. However, the story of this frequency dates back to 1926, when WJBV signed on at a frequency of 640
Beginning in 1928, WEVD shared its frequency with WBBR (Watchtower Brooklyn Broadcasting Radio), owned by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, publishing arm of the religious group Jehovah's Witnesses. Late in 1929 WEVD was moved to a new frequency by the Federal Radio Commission, 1300 AM, and was able to boost its power somewhat.[4] While the move had been sought by the Debs Memorial Radio Fund, which remained the legal entity owning the station, the change ultimately solved little. WEVD remained underpowered and forced to share its frequency with WBBR (later called WPOW) and WHAZ, the radio station of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, which was on-air only on Monday evenings.
Owing to the party's financial difficulties the station was taken over by the publishing association of the left wing Yiddish-language daily newspaper The Jewish Daily Forward in 1932 and it moved to 1330
In 1981 The Forward sold WEVD to Salem Communications, now known as the Salem Media Group, a large owner of religious radio stations. Salem renamed the station WNYM and made it a Christian formatted station from 6 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. while running foreign language religious shows after 4:30 p.m.
In 1983 Salem leased the entire broadcast day except from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. to Radio Visión. The station at that time shifted to its current Spanish religious format. In 1984, WNYM bought out WPOW, the successor to WBBR, enabling it to broadcast full-time on 1330. In 1989 Salem bought WMCA and sold WNYM to Radio Visión. The Spanish religious format was expanded to broadcast all day, every day, and the station call sign was changed to WWRV to reflect the station's new identity.
WWRV studios are at 419 Broadway in Paterson, New Jersey, and share transmitting towers with WNYM in North Hackensack, New Jersey.
In 2016 WWRV moved its transmitter facilities to a diplex with WZRC in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WWRV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Latest Allocations of Over 500 Watts, Including all Local Broadcasters" The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (May 29, 1927), pg. 53.
- ^ "Broadcasting is to Begin Soon: Socialist, Labor and Liberal Group is Now Owner of WSOM," The New Leader, vol. 4, no. 7 (August 6, 1927), pg. 3.
- ^ Godfried, "Legitimizing the Mass Media Structure," pg. 135.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 54874 (WWRV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WWRV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for WWRV