WNWR

WNWR
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Delaware Valley
Frequency	1540 kHz
First air date	July 11, 1947 (as WJMJ)
Format	News/Talk (simulcast of China Radio International)
Power	50,000 watts daytime only
Class	D
Facility ID	1027
Transmitter coordinates	40°02′46.00″N 75°14′15.00″W / 40.0461111°N 75.2375000°W / 40.0461111; -75.2375000
Callsign meaning	W New World Radio
Former callsigns	WJMJ (1948 - 1967) WRCP (1967 - 1985) WSNI (1985 - 1987) WPGR (1987 - 1995)
Owner	Global Radio, LLC

WNWR (1540 kHz) is an AM radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania owned by Global Radio, LLC. Its studio is located at 200 Monument Road, Suite 6, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania and its transmitter is located in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, off Ridge Avenue.

The station carries English-language programming from China Radio International for its entire broadcast day. It had been branded as "New World Radio" prior to June 2011 when it carried paid brokered programming in various languages.

WNWR broadcasts by day at 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted for AM stations by the Federal Communications Commission. But because AM 1540 is a clear channel frequency, WNWR must sign-off at night, to protect Class A stations KXEL in Waterloo, Iowa and ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas.

WNWR has applied for an FCC construction permit to remain on the air at night with 250 watts.

History

The station first signed on the air on July 11, 1947^[1] as WJMJ ("Jesus, Mary, Joseph"), which broadcast middle-of-the-road music and religious programming. In the mid-1960s it was acquired by Rust Craft Greeting Cards, which changed the call sign to WRCP and in 1967 changed the format to country music. In 1981, after 560 WFIL adopted a country format, WRCP switched to oldies. Later in 1985, the call sign was changed to WSNI to match a co-owned FM station. For a time, WSNI-AM broadcast an all-Beatles-and-Motown format. After two years, a more conventional oldies mix returned and the station became WPGR ("Philly Gold Radio"). In 1995, when the station was sold to new owners operating as Global Radio LLC, it became WNWR and switched to mostly ethnic brokered programming. On June 13, 2011, WNWR's entire brokered program schedule moved to 860 WWDB.^[2]

former logo of WNWR

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WNWR

Radio-Locator Information on WNWR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNWR

Radio stations in the Philadelphia market
By AM frequency	560 610 690² 740 860² 900 950 990 1060¹ 1110 1180 1210¹ 1340² 1370 1420 1440 1480 1490 1520 1540 1590 1640 New Jersey 640 800 1310² 1360 1460 1680²
By FM frequency	88.1 (Philadelphia) 88.1 (Warwick) 88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.1 (Radnor Township) 89.1 (Villanova) 89.3 (Coatesville) 89.3 (Warminster) 89.7 90.1 90.9 91.5 91.7 (Philadelphia) 91.7 (Telford) 91.7 (West Chester) 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.9 (Havertown) 99.9 (Philadelphia) 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.9 (Jenkintown) 103.9 (Wagontown) 104.5 105.3 106.1 Delaware 93.7 99.5 New Jersey 88.1 88.9 89.5 90.5 91.5 94.5 95.1 95.3 97.1 97.5 100.7 105.7 106.5 106.9 107.9 (Chatsworth) 107.9 (Pennsauken)
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	610 950 1060 1210 1480 88.5-1 88.5-2 89.5-1 89.5-2 90.9-1 90.9-2 92.5-1 92.5-2 92.5-3 93.3-1 93.3-2 94.1-1 94.1-2 94.1-3 94.1-4 95.7-1 95.7-2 96.5-1 96.5-2 97.5-1 97.5-2 97.5-3 98.1-1 98.1-2 98.1-3 98.1-4 98.9-1 98.9-2 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.1-2 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 104.5-1 104.5-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 106.1-1 106.1-2 107.9-1
By callsign	KIH28 KYW¹ W236AF W237EH W241CH W246AQ W260CZ W264BH W280CP W289AZ W300AC WBCB WBEB HD2 WBEN-FM HD2 WBMR WBYO WBZC WCHE WCHR WCOJ WCUR WDAS WDAS-FM HD2 WEMG² WEXP WFIL WFYL WHAT² WHHS WHYY HD2 WIFI WIOQ WIP-FM HD2 HD3 HD4 WISX HD2 WJBR WKDN WKDU WKVP WMGK HD2 WMMR HD2 WNAP WNG704 WNJC WNJS-FM WNPV WNTP WNWR WOGL HD2 HD3 HD4 WPAZ WPEB WPEN HD2 HD3 WPHE² WPHI-FM WPHT¹ WPNX700 WPPZ-FM WPST WPWA WQHS WRDV WRFF HD2 WRNB WRSD WRTI WRTJ WSRN-FM WSTW WTDY-FM HD2 WTEL WTHJ WTMR WTTM² WURD WUSL HD2 WVCH WWDB² WWJZ WWLU WWTX WXPN HD2 WXTU HD2 HD3 WXVU WYBF WYPA HD2 WZML-LP WZXE WZZD WZZE
Defunct	WCAU/1210 WCAU-FM/98.1 WDNR/89.5 WDRE/103.9 WDVR/101.1 WEGX/106.1 WLCE/104.5 WQHS WSNI/104.5 WTHK/97.5 WYXR/104.5
Nearby radio markets Allentown-Bethlehem Atlantic City-Cape May Middlessex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Reading Lancaster Trenton Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Wilmington See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania Mass media in the Philadelphia Area Radio stations TV stations Newspapers ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ² = Broadcast in Spanish

China Radio International
Radio Stations	China Beijing Easy FM 91.5 Beijing Hit FM 88.7 Beijing News Radio FM 90.5 Beijing Round the Clock AM 1008 Beijing NEWS Plus AM 846 Voice of the South China Sea Outside China Alturas, CA, USA 570 AM Atlanta, USA 890 AM Auckland, New Zealand 104.2 FM Boston, USA 1090 AM Canberra, Australia 88 FM Darhan, Mongolia 103.7 FM Galveston, USA 1540 AM Houston, USA 1520 AM Honolulu, USA 880 AM Las Vegas, USA 93.5 FM Luxembourg 1440 AM Malakula, Vanuatu 106 FM Ottawa, Canada 97.9 FM Nairobi, Kenya 91.9 FM Perth, Australia 104.9 FM Philadelphia, USA 1540 AM Portland, Oregon, USA 1040 AM Toronto, Canada 1540 AM Toronto, Canada 91.9 FM Vientiane, Laos 93.0 FM Vila, Solomon Islands 102 FM Santo, Vanuatu 102 FM Washington, USA 1120 AM Washington (Leesburg), USA 1190 AM Round the Clock
Daily programs	News & Reports China Drive Realtime China Chinese Studio Beyond Beijing
Weekly programs	Front Line Biz-China China Horizons Voices from Other Lands Life in China Listeners' Garden In the Spotlight China Beat

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania
All-News	KQV – Pittsburgh KYW – Philadelphia WLRI-LP – Gap
News & Talk	KDKA – Pittsburgh WAEB – Allentown WBFD - Bedford WBLF – Bellefonte WBZU – Scranton WCBG – Waynesboro WCED – Du Bois WECZ – Punxsutawney WEEO-FM – McConnellsburg WEEU – Reading WFBG – Altoona WFYL – King of Prussia WHP – Harrisburg WILK – Wilkes-Barre WILK-FM – Avoca WJAS – Pittsburgh WJET – Erie WKOK – Sunbury WKST – New Castle WKZN – West Hazleton WLBR – Lebanon WMLP – Milton WNTI – Somerset WNTJ – Johnstown WNTP – Philadelphia WNWR – Philadelphia WPGP – Pittsburgh WPHT – Philadelphia WPIC – Sharon WPIT – Pittsburgh WRSC – State College WRTA – Altoona WSBA – York WWPA – Williamsport WZSK - Everett
Defunct	WOYL – Oil City WPLY – Mount Pocono
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Daytime-Only radio stations in Pennsylvania
Stations	WAMO - Wilkinsburg WANB - Waynesburg WCHE - West Chester WECZ - Punxsutawney WEDO - McKeesport WFKJ - Cashtown WFYL - King of Prussia WGPA - Bethlehem WHYF - Shiremanstown WIOO - Carlisle WJSM - Martinsburg WKFB - Jeannette WKQW - Oil City WLSH - Lansford WLUI - Lewistown WMCE - North East WNAP - Norristown WNWR - Philadelphia WPHE - Phoenixville WQOR - Olyphant WQTW - Latrobe WVPO - Stroudsburg WWDB - Philadelphia WWNL - Pittsburgh WWSM - Annville-Cleona WZSK - Everett
Defunct	WASP - Brownsville WKZV - Washington
See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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