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WIFI (AM)

Coordinates:40°4′53″N74°47′41″W / 40.08139°N 74.79472°W /40.08139; -74.79472
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Spanish-language contemporary hit radio station in Florence, New Jersey

WIFI
Broadcast areaDelaware Valley
Frequency1460kHz
BrandingMaxima 92.9
Programming
LanguageSpanish
Format
Ownership
Owner
  • Miguel Amador
  • (Ritmo Broadcasting, LLC)
OperatorThe Voice Radio Network
History
First air date
November 1992
(32 years ago)
 (1992-11)
Former call signs
WRLB (1984–1992)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID55310
ClassB
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 500 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
40°4′53″N74°47′41″W / 40.08139°N 74.79472°W /40.08139; -74.79472
Translator(s)
Repeater(s)97.5 WPEN-HD3 (Burlington)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitemaxima929.com

WIFI (1460kHz) is a commercialAM radio stationlicensed toFlorence, New Jersey, and serving theDelaware Valley. It is owned by Ritmo Broadcasting, but operated by The Voice Radio Network. It airs aSpanishcontemporary hit radio format. Its studios are on Broad Street inTrenton, New Jersey.

By day, WIFI is powered at 5,000 watts, and at night, it reduces power to 500 watts to protect other stations on1460 AM. It uses adirectional antenna at all times, from itstransmitter facility on Burlington-Columbus Road in Burlington.[2]

Programming is heard on two FM translators; W225DJ at 92.9MHz in Burlington, and W281CL at 104.1 inCherry Hill. Programming is also heard onWPEN-HD3 in Burlington.

History

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WRLB and WIFI

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The station received itsconstruction permit on June 7, 1984, and was given thecall sign WRLB. On February 1, 1992, while still not on the air, the station changed its call sign to WIFI.[3] This call sign had been used for some 20 years on aTop 40 radio station inPhiladelphia, 92.5 WIFI-FM (nowWXTU). WIFI officiallysigned on the air in November 1992. It ran abrokered programming format under the "MyWifi 1460" brand.

The 1460 frequency had previously been used inBurlington County byWJJZ, adaytime-only station licensed toMount Holly, New Jersey. Its transmitter site was onBurlington Island. Two incarnations of WJJZ operated, both losing their licenses over corporate problems, between 1963 and 1983.

Changes in management

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In 2008, Florence Broadcasting Partners led by John Forsythe took over operations of the station under atime brokerage agreement with Real Life Broadcasting. On November 1, 2013, the operating contract between Real Life Broadcasting and Florence Broadcasting expired and was not renewed. The station was then operated by Omega Broadcasting, LLC, which programmedurban gospel music.

In 2013, WIFI became one of the first American broadcast stations to use 100% solar power for its daytime transmissions. A few years later, WIFI switched toChristian radio programming as "Life Radio".

Ritmo Broadcasting

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In November 2020, Ritmo Broadcasting began managing WIFI, with acontemporary hit radio format, branded "WIFI 92.9".[4]

Ritmo Broadcasting acquired WIFI and translator W225DJ effective March 1, 2021, at a purchase price of $275,000. On April 16, the station rebranded as "Ritmo 92.9", and began playingtropical music.

On October 20, WIFI changed its format from tropical to Spanish-languageadult contemporary, branded as "Amor 92.9". At the same time, Ritmo Broadcasting moved the Spanish tropical formatted "Ritmo 92.9" over to 98.5 W253DG and 97.5WPEN-HD3.[5]

On March 24, 2022, at midnight, WIFI once again flipped its format, torhythmic contemporary, and returned to its previous brandingWIFI 92.9. The station launched its new website on March 25. This however was short lived, on March 29, WIFI flipped back to Spanish ACAmor 92.9 for a few days, and on April 4, WIFI flipped back to rhythmic CHR. On April 11, after seven days of rhythmic CHR, WIFI wentsilent.

Logo as "Jamz 92.9"

On April 21, WIFI flipped tourban contemporary asJamz 92.9. On March 6, 2023, WIFI changed to a more CHR-oriented format of urban Top 40 music, keeping the "Jamz 92.9" brand.[6]

On January 15, 2024, The Voice Radio Network agreed to acquire FM translator W281CL from Ritmo Broadcasting at a price of $90,000. The Voice Radio Network also began operating WIFI, flipping the format to Spanish CHR under The Voice Radio Network's "Maxima" branding as "Maxima 92.9".[7] Later in 2024, The Voice Radio acquiredWNJE to launch a second Spanish-language format (regional Mexican "La Raza") in Trenton to carry on 98.5 W253DG,[8] which operates on the same tower as W281CL.[9]

Translators

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Broadcast translators for WIFI
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)HAATClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W225DJ92.9 FMBurlington, New Jersey20314524045 m (148 ft)D40°4′58.2″N74°47′37.2″W / 40.082833°N 74.793667°W /40.082833; -74.793667 (W225DJ)LMS
W281CL104.1 FMCherry Hill, New Jersey1413684051 m (167 ft)D39°56′3″N74°53′38″W / 39.93417°N 74.89389°W /39.93417; -74.89389 (W281CL)LMS

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WIFI".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^Radio-Locator.com/WIFI
  3. ^"WIFI Call Sign History".United StatesFederal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^Venta, Lance (November 24, 2020)."Ritmo Broadcasting Turns On WIFI 92.9 In New Jersey".RadioInsight. RetrievedNovember 30, 2020.
  5. ^WIFI Flips To Spanish AC Amor 92.9 Radioinsight - October 20, 2021
  6. ^"WIFI Delivers Jamz To Jersey".RadioInsight. RetrievedApril 21, 2022.
  7. ^Maxima Expands in South Jersey Radioinsight - January 19, 2024
  8. ^Venta, Lance (September 24, 2024)."La Raza Arrives In Trenton".RadioInsight. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2024.
  9. ^Venta, Lance (August 2, 2024)."Station Sales Week Of 8/2".RadioInsight. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2024.

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