WSNR
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| WSNR | |
| City of license | Jersey City, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | New York, New York |
| Frequency | 620 (kHz) |
| Format | Brokered Time/Sports Talk |
| ERP | 3,000 watts (day), 7,600 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 266320 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Callsign meaning | W Sporting News Radio (former affiliation) |
| Owner | Blackstrap Broadcasting |
WSNR, AM 620, is a radio station in the New York City area with a brokered time format owned by Blackstrap Broadcasting. On Saturdays and Sundays (10 a.m. to midnight), the station airs a Caribbean format, One Caribbean Radio.
WSNR is licensed to Jersey City, New Jersey and transmits 3,000 watts days/7,600 watts night from towers in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, but has an application pending with the FCC to relocate its transmitter to the New Jersey Meadowlands and increase power to 15,000 watts day and night.
[edit] History
First signed on in 1947 or 1948. In the 1950's through 1970's, as WVNJ licensed to Newark, New Jersey, the station played Broadway show music and easy listening music.
In the 1980's and 1990's, the station had Spanish-language music formats, first playing Spanish adult contemporary music as WSKQ, and later Mexican regional music as WXLX.
For a few years ending in 2006, the station was owned by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and was the local affiliate of Sporting News Radio.
[edit] External links
- One Caribbean Radio
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WSNR
- Radio Locator Information on WSNR
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WSNR
| Preceded by WEVD |
FM 97.9 in New York, New York 1952 - February 1, 1989 |
Succeeded by WSKQ |
| Preceded by WSKQ |
AM 620 in New York, New York 1995 - Present |
Succeeded by WXLX (now WSNR) |
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