WNWR

WNWR
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Delaware Valley
Frequency	1540 kHz
First air date	July 11, 1947 (as WJMJ)
Format	News/Talk (simulcast of China Radio International)
Power	50,000 watts daytime only
Class	D
Facility ID	1027
Transmitter coordinates	40°02′46.00″N 75°14′15.00″W / 40.0461111°N 75.2375000°W / 40.0461111; -75.2375000
Callsign meaning	W New World Radio
Former callsigns	WJMJ (1948 - 1967) WRCP (1967 - 1985) WSNI (1985 - 1987) WPGR (1987 - 1995)
Owner	Global Radio, LLC

WNWR (1540 kHz) is an AM radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania owned by Global Radio, LLC. Its studio is located at 200 Monument Road, Suite 6, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania and its transmitter is located in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, off Ridge Avenue.

The station carries English-language programming from China Radio International for its entire broadcast day. It had been branded as "New World Radio" prior to June 2011 when it carried paid brokered programming in various languages.

WNWR broadcasts by day at 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted for AM stations by the Federal Communications Commission. But because AM 1540 is a clear channel frequency, WNWR must sign-off at night, to protect Class A stations KXEL in Waterloo, Iowa and ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas.

History

The station first signed on the air on July 11, 1947^[1] as WJMJ ("Jesus, Mary, Joseph"), which broadcast middle-of-the-road music and religious programming. In the mid-1960s it was acquired by Rust Craft Greeting Cards, which changed the call sign to WRCP and in 1967 changed the format to country music. In 1981, after 560 WFIL adopted a country format, WRCP switched to oldies. Later in 1985, the call sign was changed to WSNI to match a co-owned FM station. For a time, WSNI-AM broadcast an all-Beatles-and-Motown format. After two years, a more conventional oldies mix returned and the station became WPGR ("Philly Gold Radio"). In 1995, when the station was sold to new owners operating as Global Radio LLC, it became WNWR and switched to mostly ethnic brokered programming. On June 13, 2011, WNWR's entire brokered program schedule moved to 860 WWDB.^[2]

former logo of WNWR

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WNWR

Radio-Locator Information on WNWR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNWR

Radio stations in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	560 610 640 690² 740 800 860² 900 950 990 1060¹ 1110 1180 1210¹ 1310² 1340² 1360 1370 1420 1440 1460 1480 1490 1520 1540 1590 1640 1680² ¹ Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ²Broadcast in Spanish

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 (Warminster) 89.3 (Coatesville) 89.5 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.7 91.7 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.5 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.9 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

Digital broadcast radio stations	610 950 1060 1210 1480 88.5-1 88.5-2 90.9-1 90.9-2 92.5-1 92.5-2 92.5-3 93.3-1 93.3-2 94.1-1 94.1-2 94.1-3 94.1-4 95.7-1 95.7-2 96.5-1 96.5-2 97.5-1 97.5-2 97.5-3 98.1-1 98.1-2 98.1-3 98.1-4 98.9-1 98.9-2 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.1-2 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 104.5-1 104.5-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 106.1-1 106.1-2 107.9-1

By callsign	KIH28 KYW¹ WBCB WBBO WBEB WBEN-FM WBMR WBYO WCHE WCHR WCOJ WCUR WDAS WDAS-FM WDNR WEMG² WEXP WFIL WFYL WHAT WHHS WHYY WIFI WIOQ WIP-FM WISX WJBR WKDN WKDU WKVP WMGK WMMR WNAP WNG704 WNJC WNJS-FM WNPV WNTP WNWR WOGL WPAZ WPEB WPEN WPHE² WPHI-FM WPHT¹ WPNX700 WPPZ-FM WPST WPWA WQHS WRDV WRFF WRNB WRSD WRTI WRTJ WSRN-FM WSTW WTEL WTHJ WTMR WTTM² WURD WUSL WVCH WWDB² WWJZ WWLU WWTX WXPN WXTU WXVU WYBF WYPA WZMP WZZE

Defunct stations	WCAU (AM) WCAU-FM WDRE WDVR WEGK WLCE WQHS WSNI WTHK WYXR

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China Radio International

Radio Stations	China Beijing Easy FM 91.5 Beijing Hit FM 88.7 Beijing News Radio FM 90.5 Beijing Round the Clock AM 1008 Beijing NEWS Plus AM 846 Voice of the South China Sea Outside China Alturas, CA, USA 570 AM Atlanta, USA 890 AM Auckland, New Zealand 104.2 FM Boston, USA 1090 AM Canberra, Australia 88 FM Darhan, Mongolia 103.7 FM Galveston, USA 1540 AM Houston, USA 1520 AM Honolulu, USA 880 AM Las Vegas, USA 93.5 FM Luxembourg 1440 AM Malakula, Vanuatu 106 FM Ottawa, Canada 97.9 FM Nairobi, Kenya 91.9 FM Perth, Australia 104.9 FM Philadelphia, USA 1540 AM Portland, Oregon, USA 1040 AM Toronto, Canada 1540 AM Toronto, Canada 91.9 FM Vientiane, Laos 93.0 FM Vila, Solomon Islands 102 FM Santo, Vanuatu 102 FM Washington, USA 1120 AM Washington (Leesburg), USA 1190 AM Round the Clock

Daily programs	News & Reports China Drive Realtime China Chinese Studio Beyond Beijing

Weekly programs	Front Line Biz-China China Horizons Voices from Other Lands Life in China Listeners' Garden In the Spotlight China Beat

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

All-News	KQV – Pittsburgh KYW – Philadelphia WLRI-LP – Gap

News & Talk	KDKA – Pittsburgh WAEB – Allentown WBFD - Bedford WBLF – Bellefonte WBZU – Scranton WCBG – Waynesboro WCED – Du Bois WECZ – Punxsutawney WEEO-FM – McConnellsburg WEEU – Reading WFBG – Altoona WFYL – King of Prussia WHP – Harrisburg WIEZ – Lewistown WILK – Wilkes-Barre WILK-FM – Avoca WJAS – Pittsburgh WJET – Erie WKOK – Sunbury WKST – New Castle WKZN – West Hazleton WLBR – Lebanon WLLI – Somerset WMLP – Milton WNTJ – Johnstown WNTP – Philadelphia WNWR – Philadelphia WPGP – Pittsburgh WPHT – Philadelphia WPIC – Sharon WPIT – Pittsburgh WRSC – State College WRTA – Altoona WSBA – York WWPA – Williamsport WZSK - Everett

Defunct	WOYL – Oil City WPLY – Mount Pocono

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Daytime-Only radio stations in Pennsylvania

Stations	WAMO - Wilkinsburg WANB - Waynesburg WCHE - West Chester WECZ - Punxsutawney WEDO - McKeesport WFKJ - Cashtown WFYL - King of Prussia WGPA - Bethlehem WHYF - Shiremanstown WIEZ - Lewistown WIOO - Carlisle WJSM - Martinsburg WKFB - Jeannette WKQW - Oil City WLSH - Lansford WMCE - North East WNAP - Norristown WNWR - Philadelphia WPHE - Phoenixville WQOR - Olyphant WQTW - Latrobe WVPO - Stroudsburg WWDB - Philadelphia WWNL - Pittsburgh WWSM - Annville-Cleona WZSK - Everett

Defunct	WASP - Brownsville WKZV - Washington

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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