WNJO
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| City of license | Trenton, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | Central Jersey |
| Branding | August 7, 1965 (as WCHR-FM) |
| Slogan | "New Jersey's Oldies Station" |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1998 |
| Format | Oldies |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 25013 |
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| Callsign meaning | "New Jersey's Oldies" |
| Former callsigns | WCHR-FM |
| Owner | |
| Website | http://www.wnjofm.com |
WNJO (94.5 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Trenton, New Jersey. It aired an Oldies music format.[1] This station currently operates as WPST.
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[edit] Launch
WNJO was launched on March 2, 1998, with then New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman kicking off "New Jersey's Oldies Station" with The Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." The station was a success, debuting at the #1 spot, kicking out WKXW and outshining sister station WPST. The 94.5 filled in the lack of a strong oldies outlet in Central NJ, with WCBS-FM's signal blocked by co-channel WBEB, and interference with WOGL from 97.9 in NYC and WMGQ in New Brunswick.
[edit] Personalities
WNJO's program directors included, Scott "Boom Boom" Edwards and Jeff Rafter (now program director at WJRZ-FM & WMGQ). Full time DJs included PD's Edwards and Rafter along with Tripp Rogers, Dave Collins, Max Vierra, and Nancy Hill as well as talk personality Roberta Gale (after leaving WKXW). Part-timers included Johnny Dark and Joe Stephens (both now at WJRZ-FM). Don Kellogg (now Operations Manger and morning personality in Texas) served as morning personality for a year. Station consultant was Oldies specialist Chris Elliot
[edit] Music
WNJO was focused on early- to mid-1960s oldies, with many late-1950s and early-1960s oldies and only a few 1970s songs.
[edit] Demise and revival
By 2001, WNJO had fallen to sixth place in the Trenton ratings behind three Philadelphia stations. With "NJ 101.5" music programming dropping all pre-1964 songs and focusing on the 1970s, WNJO lost the ability to keep WPST at the top of the ratings. Nassau had to change the station, but without causing WPST to drop (the main reason Oldies was launched in the first place). With that, WNJO as "New Jersey's Oldies" ceased to exist on November 1, 2001, and flipped to Classic Hits, focusing on rock songs from 1965 to 1982 to keep pace with WKXW. The WNJO calls were replaced on August 1, 2002 with WTHK.
In late 2006, WNJO was revived on the internet as a commercial-free, jockless web stream.
[edit] The HD Radio Debacle
HD Radio is a definite gimmick and should not be used under any circumstances. The staff at WNJO recommends discontinue using HD radios as they are the leading cause by ear AIDS which is AIDS of the ear which will make any user of one of these gimmicky devices to plunk down hundreds of dollars on poorly conceived radios and devices. HD RADIO SUCKS!
[edit] References
- ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
