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WEMG

Camden, New Jersey United States
Broadcast area	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Frequency	1310 kHz C-QUAM AM Stereo
Branding	Mega 105.7
Programming
Format	Spanish hits
Ownership
Owner	Mega-Philadelphia, LLC, Debtor in Possession
History
First air date	September 19, 1924 (1924-09-19)
Former call signs	WFBI (1924–1926) WCAM (1926–1980) WSSJ (1980–2001)
Former frequencies	890 kHz (1924–1928) 1340 kHz (1928–1929) 1280 kHz (1929–1941)
Call sign meaning	Letters transposed meaning "Mega"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	74073
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts (day) 250 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	39°57′28.41″N 75°6′52.63″W / 39.9578917°N 75.1146194°W / 39.9578917; -75.1146194 (WEMG)
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Repeater(s)	97.3 WENJ-HD2 (Millville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.lamega1057.com

WEMG (1310 AM, "Mega 105.7") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Camden, New Jersey. The station is owned by Mega-Philadelphia, LLC, Debtor in Possession and airs a Spanish hits format.

History

The station was first licensed, as WFBI, to the Galvin Radio Supply Company at 521 Market Street, on September 19, 1924. 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.

In the 1940s the station shared time on its frequency with WTNJ in Trenton and WCAP in Asbury 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.

WCAM broadcast a variety of formats over the years. From September 1965 to April 1966 it was the Philadelphia-area affiliate of the NBC Radio Network, and it was the radio flagship of the Philadelphia 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 broadcaster Alfredo Alonso, owner of Mega Communications, which at the time operated WEMG on 900 kilohertz in Philadelphia. In 2001 Mega sold the license for 900 and moved the WEMG call sign to the Camden-licensed station, 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 the NFL's Philadelphia 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.

Translators

Mega programming is broadcast on the following translators:

Mega programming is also available via a simulcast on the HD2 subchannel of 97.3 WENJ.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WEMG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, October 1, 1924, page 3.
3. "Alterations and corrections", Radio Service bulletin, March 31, 1926, page 8.
4. "History Cards for WEMG". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2022-02-03.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 74073 (WEMG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WEMG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 41178 (W230AA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W230AA at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 141526 (W277BA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W277BA at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 141522 (W289AZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W289AZ at FCCdata.org

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• Mass media in Camden, New Jersey
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