WRML-LP

WRML-LP
City Mays Landing, NJ
Branding Radio Mays Landing
Frequency 107.9 MHz
First air date January 2016
Format College Radio
Language(s) English
ERP 76 watts
HAAT 35
Class L1
Facility ID 193228
Callsign meaning Radio Mays Landing
Former callsigns WACC (internet-only stream)
Owner Atlantic Cape Community College
Website wrmlradio.org

WRML-LP is a low-power college FM radio station licensed to the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, transmitting on an FM frequency of 107.9 megahertz. It is owned by Atlantic Cape Community College, with staff and alumni running daily operations. Live programming is supported by student volunteers.

History

The radio station concept for the college began decades prior to its FM launch, when audio transmissions were originally being broadcast via closed circuit only. The station was first used to transmit exclusively to internal areas of the college, including the cafeteria and Student Life Center.[1] Eventually, the station would begin broadcasting as an online only internet stream that was branded as "WACC", (even though these call letters were never officially granted by the Federal Communications Commission).

Atlantic Cape Community College first expressed an interest in offering a new radio station that would be on terrestrial FM, when they requested a low power FM license on December 9, 2014.[2] A construction permit was granted to the college by the Federal Communications Commission on January 14, 2015. Broadcast tests on the FM radio band began as early as August 2015, with a steady test of the audio occurring in January 2016. The stations license to cover was filed on March 29, 2016, with it being granted as a fully licensed radio station on April 4, 2016.

While the original closed circuit audio has been discontinued, the internet stream continues to this day, now serving as a relay of the terrestrial FM signal.

Programming

WRML-LP is on the air 24 hours a day, and broadcasts a variety of shows that are programmed by the student body, in which many of them are enrolled in broadcasting degrees. The station's format, while officially "college", can also be considered freeform.

Some of the current shows that can be found on WRML-LP include a current pop music and culture program called "Tuesday JuicePop",[3] a local sports talk program called "Sports Rant",[4] a show dedicated to millennials called "Millennial Memories",[5] an all-eighties music program called "The Vinyl Countdown",[6] a hip-hop music program called "Hip Hop and R&Beats",[7] and a rock & roll musical program called "Broken Radio". Many of the live shows that are on WRML take advantage of social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter to help with independent promotion, while other programs have full websites as well.

Program schedules are usually updated and retooled every college semester, with some shows leaving (and new shows taking their places), due to student needs. Whenever there is no live programming by a student on the air, an automated system, Megaseg, transmits a variety of different blocks of programming, with everything from rock and jazz, to jam sessions and popular music.

References

  1. ↑ "WACCC Campus Radio - Atlantic Cape". atlantic.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  2. ↑ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". fccdata.org. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  3. ↑ "Tuesday JuicePop on 107.9 WRML | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  4. ↑ "The Sports Rant (@TheSportsRant3) on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Millennial Memories on 107.9 WRML | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  6. ↑ "The Vinyl Countdown with Kristopher Christman - Wednesday's at 6pm on WRML 107.9 FM!". vinylcountdownradio.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  7. ↑ "Hip-Hop and R&Beats on 107.9 WRML | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

Coordinates: 39°27′41″N 74°40′52″W / 39.4615°N 74.6812°W / 39.4615; -74.6812

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