Press Communications Radio, LLC is a broadcasting company in the American state of

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

which owns six radio stations. The company is owned by Robert E. McAllan, and is a sister entity to PMCM TV, LLC. It traces its roots back to 1895, and entered radio broadcasting in 1947 by launching the first FM station entirely in the Garden State, WBAB-FM in

Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city (New Jersey), city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of ...

(at the time, owned by its subsidiary, Press-Union Newspapers), simulcasting

WBAB WBAB (102.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Babylon, New York. It is owned by Cox Radio with studios and offices on Sunrise Highway (New York State Route 27) in West Babylon. Morning duo "Roger & JP" (Roger Luce and John Parise ...

, later falling silent. While no longer in the newspaper business, the company has a formal business partnership with the

Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper ''USA Today'', as well as several ...

-owned

Asbury Park Press The ''Asbury Park Press'', formerly known as the ''Shore Press'', ''Daily Press'', ''Asbury Park Daily Press'', and ''Asbury Park Evening Press'', is the third largest daily newspaper in the state of New Jersey. Established in 1879, it has been o ...

PMCM TV

PMCM TV, LLC was founded in 2008 in

Wall Township, New Jersey Wall Township is a Township (New Jersey), township within Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Crisscrossed by several different highways within the heart of the Jersey Shore region, the township is a t ...

to purchase KJWY from Sunbelt Communications Company and KVNV from Valley Broadcasting Company. After the sale closed in 2009, the stations were moved to Wilmington, Delaware (to serve the Philadelphia market) and Middletown Township, New Jersey (to serve the New York City market) respectively and resumed broadcasting in 2013. The Wilmington station, which PMCM renamed KJWP, was sold to Maranatha Broadcasting Company in 2017, and the Middletown Township which PMCM renamed WJLP, was sold to

Weigel Broadcasting Weigel Broadcasting Co. is an American television broadcasting company based in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, alongside its flagship station WCIU-TV (Channel 26), at 26 North Halsted Street in the Greektown, Chicago, Greektown neighborhood. It cur ...

in 2022.

Broadcasting

Radio stations

Formerly owned stations:

Television stations

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! Station ! Channel
TV ( RF) ! Years owned ! Current status , - style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" , Middletown Township, NJ /

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, NY ,

WJLP WJLP (channel 33) is a television station licensed to Middletown Township, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting the classic television network MeTV to the New York City area. It is owned and operated by network parent Weigel Broadcasting along ...

, 33 (3) , 2008-2022 ,

MeTV MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Marketed as "The Definitive Destination for Classic TV", the network airs a variety of classic television progra ...

owned-and-operated, owned by

, - ,

, NY ,

WNWT-LD WNWT-LD (channel 37) is a television station in New York City, airing programming from Story Television. It is owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Middletown Township, New Jersey–licensed MeTV station WJLP (channel 33) and Bri ...

, 37 (3) , 2018-2022 , Local Now affiliate owned by

, - , Wilmington, DE /

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

, PA , KJWY/KJWP , 2 (2) , 2009-2017 ,

affiliate,

WDPN-TV WDPN-TV (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Wilmington, Delaware, United States, serving the Philadelphia television market as an affiliate of the classic television network MeTV. It is owned by Maranatha Broadcasting Company alongsid ...

, owned by Maranatha Broadcasting Company , - style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"

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