WENJ
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| City of license | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 1450 |
| Frequency | 1450 (kHz) |
| Format | sports |
| Callsign meaning | WESPN New Jersey |
| Owner | Millennium Atlantic City License Holdco, LLC |
| Website | http://www.1450espn.com/ |
WENJ is the local ESPN Radio affiliate for Atlantic City, New Jersey. Operating with 800 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night, the station can be heard throughout New Jersey's Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May Counties.
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[edit] Local Sports Coverage
ESPN 1450 is home of Cape=Atlantic League High School football and basketball. It carries games every Friday night during the football season. Most of the games include:
- Absegami High School
- Holy Spirit High School
- Atlantic City
- Mainland
- Pleasantville
- Egg Harbor Twp.
- St. Joe's
- Oakcrest
- St. Augustine
Also from 6-7 on Friday nights, ESPN 1450 has its CAL Preview Show featuring Tom Williams of Prime Events, Pete Thompson of NBC-TV 40 and John Leon a writer from the Mainland Journal.
[edit] National Sports Coverage
- NFL on Westwood One
- NFL on SportsUSA (Sunday afternoon)
- NCAA college basketball on Westwood One
- BCS on ESPN Radio
- Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio
- NIT on ESPN Radio
[edit] Rutgers Football
For the 2007 football season, ESPN 1450 is carrying Rutgers Football as part of the Rutgers Radio Network.
[edit] The Mike Gill Show
The Mike Gill Show is a weekday afternoon talk show from 4pm-7pm. The talk show focuses on the Philadelphia sports scene and the local Atlantic City, New Jersey area sports. The target audience is for listeners from Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean, and Cape May Counties. The Mike Gill Show's official website is http://www.themikegillshow.com.
The Shows weekly guest list includes:
Monday
5:20 - Eagles Beat writer Nick Fierro of the Express Times. 6:05 - ABC/NBC Sports Anchor Tommy Schogler for the "Weekend Re-Cap" 6:40 - Phillies beat writer Steven Miller of the Morning Call.
Tuesday
4:20 - "Tuesday's with Thompson" - NBC 40 Sports Director Pete Thompson 5:20 - Phillies beat writer Mike Radano of the Camden Couirier Post
Wednesday
4:40 - John Brittain of the hardball times 5:20 - KC Joyner - The Football Scientist and ESPN.COM NFL insider. 6:05 - Phillies beat writer Scott Lauber of the Delaware New Journal
Thursday
4:20 - Tony Moss, NFL editor of the SportsNetwork.com 5:20 - John Finger, Phillies columnist - Comcastsportsnet.com 5:40 - Mike Florio - NFL Editor - profootballtalk.com Producer : Big Rick Cahall
Friday
4:20 - Dave Weinberg, Eagles beat writer - Press of AC 4:40 - "The Outside View" - Interview with the Eagles opponent 5-5:40 - "Pick the Perfect Score" - Pick the score of the Eagles Game. 5:40 - Fantasy Fix w/ Jeff Pasquino of www.footballguys.com Producer : Big Rick Cahall
[edit] "The Gocong and Gaither Show"
Starting on Monday Septemeber 10th 2007, ESPN 1450 becmae home of the "Gocong and Gaither Show" and is hosted by Mike Gill. The show will is a live interactive radio show on Monday nights from Chickes and Petes in Egg Harbor Township. Mike Gill will be the host of the "Gocong and Gaither Show", featuring Philadelphia Eagles starting linebackers Chris Gocong and Omar Gaither. The show will run from 7-8pm. And a meet and greet will take place from 8-9pm.
Off-Air Staff Promotional Setup - Marc D
Producers - Ashly Emerson; Pete Giordano; Joe Ryan
[edit] History
The 1450 frequency in Atlantic City, NJ, first hit the air waves in 1940 with its original call letters of WFPG, which stood for "World's Famous Play Ground". For several decades, WFPG aired a full service format, which included a mixture of adult standards, big band, and easy listening music, from studios on the world famous Steel Pier on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. It should be noted that WFPG was not related to WPG, a radio station owned by the city of Atlantic City from 1925 to 1938.
Towards the late 1970s, when casino gambling arrived in Atlantic City, WFPG became "Win 1450" and changed its call letters to WIIN. However, by 1988, the WFPG call letters will return to 1450 AM.
For much of the 1990s, talk programming such as Bob Grant, Mike Gallagher, and Art Bell were part of the station's line-up.
In 1999, WFPG became one of the first and only affiliate of the Comedy World Radio Network. However, one year later, Comedy World went out of business and WFPG-AM was then simulcasting WFPG-FM.
Shortly after entering the new century, WFPG and its sister stations were purchased by the Millennium Radio Group, who also owns New Jersey 101.5 in Trenton.
In March, 2002, New Jersey 101.5 extended its reach into Atlantic City by airing its programming on 1450 (with a call letter change from WFPG to WKXW).
In 2003, New Jersey 101.5 (South Jersey simulcast) moved to WXKW at 97.3 and ESPN 1450 took its place.
In June 2006, 1450 AM took on the current call letters WENJ to match its ESPN Radio branding.
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