WJTN
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| City of license | Jamestown, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Jamestown NY |
| Branding | Timeless 1240 |
| Frequency | 1240 kHz |
| First air date | December 31, 1924 |
| Format | oldies |
| Power |
500 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 29922 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°6′17.00″N 79°15′27.00″W / 42.1047222°N 79.2575000°W |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio |
| Owner | Media One Group, LLC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wjtn.com |
WJTN (1240 AM) is a radio station licensed to Jamestown, New York. The mostly oldies music outlet is owned by Media One Group. On December 31, 1924, the station signed on, making the station the oldest in southwestern New York and fourth-longest lived in all of Western New York-- behind only WGR, WBEN and WDCZ.
Programming
WJTN airs a significant amount of local programming, including Dennis Webster's morning show, the Jim Roselle Show, and a conservative talk show hosted by John Siggins on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The station also airs a full half-hour news report in the noon hour, as well as coverage of local sporting events. Syndicated programming heard on WJTN includes Doug Stephan (on tape delay Tuesdays and Thursdays), The Huckabee Report, Jim Bohannon, and Coast to Coast AM. On weekends, the station plays locally-originated brokered programming, The Twilight Zone, a quizbowl ("High School Bowl") and music. In addition to extensive high school sports coverage, WJTN carries the Buffalo Bills and the New York Yankees. WJTN is also an affiliate of ABC News.
Previous programming on WJTN has historically included The Hall Closet (a liberal talk radio program hosted by Ray Hall) and its short-lived successor The Nancy Bargar Show, The Sean Hannity Show (now at WLKW-FM), The Dave Ramsey Show, Paul Harvey, ESPN Radio, and Fox Sports Radio.
Jim Roselle
WJTN's mid-morning man, Jim Roselle, was inducted into the New York State Broadccasters Hall of Fame in June 2010. Roselle has spent more than 55 years broadcasting on WJTN in Jamestown. After graduating from Jamestown High School in 1944 Jim Roselle attended St. Lawrence University where he received a bachelor's degree in business administration, while minoring in radio programming and production. It was his experience as a play-by-play broadcaster for S.L.U. football, basketball, and baseball teams that would be a springboard to a life of success.
In 1953 Roselle began his radio career at WJTN in Jamestown, New York. Little did Roselle know that what started, as a part-time sportscaster job was truly the beginning of a life of excellence in broadcast and community involvement. This broadcast excellence has bestowed many career highlights upon Roselle, from world travel to London with Jamestown Community College, to the Soviet Union representing the Chautauqua Institution, with the Jamestown High School Acapella Choir to Austria, Germany and Italy, Jamestown High School Band to Macy's Parade and Rose Bowl Parade and a week of broadcasting live from Disney World.
Roselle is known for his interviews, most of which came from his Bestor Plaza Studio at the world famous Chautauqua Institution which he started in the summer of 1974. Roselle has interviewed hundreds of powerful speakers including: then-Governor Bill Clinton, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, political humorist Mark Russell, Jane Goodall, Lucille Ball, Tim Russert, fitness guru Richard Simmons, Margaret Meade, Loretta Lorouche, Rocky Marciano. Historians and Pulitzer Prize winners David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and James McPherson. Poetloriats, Robert Pinskey, Stanley Kunitze and Billy Collins. Elliott Spitzer and Phil Donahue. Authors - E.L. Doctorow, Joyce Carol Oates, Amy Tan, Roger Rosenblatt. Lee Hamilton-CoChairman of the 9-11 Commission, Hamilton Jordan - President Carter's Chief of Staff as well as Kings and Queens.
His style of interviewing is much different from those of other talk radio personalities. Roselle does detailed research on the people and subjects of his interviews, and his knowledge and insight often surprise and impress his guests. Roselle features "on air conversation" not just stereotype interviews.
While most known for his on-air role, it is the common person in the local community that Jim relates to most, as signified by his show's opening, "Good morning hometown Jamestown and neighbors! Join me in a cup of happiness!" The community wakes up to his voice every day, but most are unaware of his community affiliations and passions. He has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Lucille Ball Little Theatre for over 30 years; the Jamestown Boys and Girls club for more than 25 years; and now at the James Prendergast Library. He also has been the chairman for many community events and enjoys golfing when he gets the chance.
External links
- Official WJTN Web site
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WJTN
- Radio-Locator Information on WJTN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WJTN
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