WJSV

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WJSV
City of license Morristown, New Jersey
Slogan "Rockin' From the Dungeon"
Frequency 90.5 MHz
Format Contemporary Hit Radio
ERP 125 watts
HAAT 5.0 meters
Class A
Facility ID 43849
Transmitter Coordinates 40°50′10.00″N 74°29′16.00″W / 40.8361111, -74.4877778
Callsign meaning J.S. Vance
Owner Morris School District
Website WJSV Online

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[edit] Educational WJSV (MSD Ownership)

WJSV is a student-run radio station in Morristown, New Jersey.[1] WJSV is run by students of Morristown High School and owned by the Morris School District. WJSV, first bought by the Morris School District in 1971, generally broadcasts Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm while school is in session. WJSV's Main Transmitter is located at the Mountain Way School in Morris Plains, NJ.

Currently, the station is completely run by members and an executive staff comprised totally of students. The executive staff is mainly an emulation of the above the line positions at a commercial radio station, including Program Director, Music Director, and obviously, Station Manager. Usually the station is supervised only by two staff members, one being the Station Advisor, currently Norman Wallerstein; the other is the Chief Engineer, currently Steven Woodruff.

Before the station was bought by the Morris School District, Morristown High School had already had a TV station, which upon purchasing WJSV, was renamed JSV-TV. Currently, it is used for morning announcements, and a seasonal show named Colonial Corner, on local cable highlighting the school's activities.

[edit] Original WJSV (CBS Ownership)

The original WJSV was a Washington, D.C. radio station, owned by CBS. Among the more famous events involving WJSV was the recording of its entire broadcast day on September 21, 1939. The recording includes many famous radio programs of the time (including Amos 'n Andy and Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour), local programs featuring Arthur Godfrey and John Charles Daly before their national successes, a Cleveland Indians-Washington Senators baseball game, and a speech by President Franklin Roosevelt. The recording was saved in the National Archives and still exists today; many old time radio websites have excerpts of the WJSV broadcast day and offer copies for sale.

WJSV originally came on the air in 1926 as WTRC in Brooklyn, New York then was moved to Arlington, Virginia, the following year and became WJSV in 1928. CBS bought the station from the previous owner in 1931, officially moved the station to Washington (although the transmitter site remained in Virginia) and made WJSV its affiliate in the nation's capital. WJSV changed its call letters to WTOP in 1943; the station is still on the air to this day.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Porter, David. "These DJs are well-schooled; Hundreds of high school radio stations operate across the U.S., albeit at low power", Los Angeles Times, 2004-05-22, p. E19. 

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