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| Broadcast area | Philadelphia metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1310kHzC-QUAMAM stereo |
| Branding | Mega 105.7 |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mega-Philadelphia, LLC, Debtor in Possession |
| History | |
First air date | September 19, 1924 (101 years ago) (1924-09-19) |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | Letters transposed meaning "Mega" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74073 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°57′28.41″N75°6′52.63″W / 39.9578917°N 75.1146194°W /39.9578917; -75.1146194 (WEMG) |
| Translator | See§ Translators |
| Repeater | 97.3 WENJ-HD2 (Millville) |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WEMG (1310 kHz, "Mega 105.7") is acommercialAM radio stationlicensed to serveCamden, New Jersey. The station is owned by Mega-Philadelphia, LLC, Debtor in Possession and airs aSpanish hits format.
The station was first licensed, as WFBI, to the Galvin Radio Supply Company at 521 Market Street, on September 19, 1924.[2] The original call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. In 1926, after the station was bought by the City of Camden, New Jersey, the call letters were changed to WCAM.[3]
In the 1940s, the station shared time on its frequency withWTNJ inTrenton andWCAP inAsbury Park; an agreement implemented in 1949, ended the time-share and allowed WCAM to become a full-time station, although with lower power than it had previously used.[4]
WCAM broadcast a variety of formats over the years. From September 1965 to April 1966, it was the Philadelphia-area affiliate of theNBC Radio Network, and it was the radio flagship of thePhiladelphia Flyers in the team's second season, 1968–69. The station was not consistently profitable, and the city began attempting to sell it in the mid-1960s. After a few false starts, a deal was finally made in the late 1970s and the station was sold to Philadelphia cable TV operator Wade Communications. Wade changed the call sign to WSSJ in 1980, and a few years later sold the station to a group led by a local businessman and a station employee. In 1998, they sold WSSJ for $2 million to Spanish-language broadcasterAlfredo Alonso, owner of Mega Communications, which at the time operatedWEMG on 900 kilohertz in Philadelphia. In 2001, Mega sold the license for 900, and moved the WEMG call sign to the Camden-licensed station. In September 2001, WEMG flipped toSpanish-language contemporary hits.[5] Then sold the operation to current owner Davidson Media in 2005.
Davidson originally operated WEMG as primarily a brokered radio station, offering time slots for sale to persons or businesses who then broadcast programs on a variety of different topics or presented music programs of their own design. For the past several years, WEMG has transitioned to more station-originated programming. Today, several brokered programs remain on the air; most present music and are heard mainly on weekends. The station also carries Spanish language play-by-play of theNFL'sPhiladelphia Eagles.
Mega's 2014 weekday announcer lineup includes El Show de Luis Jimenez (a nationally syndicated program) in mornings, Jorge "El Chico Malo" Melendez (WEMG's program director) in middays, "Rudy Rudisimo" Garcia in afternoons, and DJ Jay Serrano in evenings.
WEMG is active in the Philadelphia and South Jersey Latino communities. Mega is supporting sponsor of numerous neighborhood events including La Parada San Juan Bautista in Camden and Concilio's Hispanic Fiesta in Philadelphia, and is a partner with other leading Hispanic organizations in their activities.
Mega programming is broadcast on the followingtranslators:
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | Facility ID | Class | ERP (W) | Height (m (ft)) | Transmitter coordinates | Rebroadcasts |
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| W277BA | 103.3 | Millville, New Jersey | 141526 | D | 133 | 60 m (200 ft) | 39°25′18.4″N75°01′13.6″W / 39.421778°N 75.020444°W /39.421778; -75.020444 (W277BA) | WENJ-HD2 |
| W230AA | 93.9 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | 41178 | D | 250 | 95 m (312 ft) | 39°25′35.4″N74°33′42.6″W / 39.426500°N 74.561833°W /39.426500; -74.561833 (W230AA) | WENJ-HD2 |
| W289AZ | 105.7 | Camden, New Jersey | 141522 | D | 250 | 43 m (141 ft) | 39°57′28.4″N75°06′52.6″W / 39.957889°N 75.114611°W /39.957889; -75.114611 (W289AZ) | WEMG |
Mega programming is also available via a simulcast on the HD2 subchannel of 97.3WENJ.
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