WIFI (1460
AM) is a
radio station broadcasting an
urban contemporary format. Currently the radio station is located in
Florence, New Jersey serving the
Delaware Valley
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area.
History
The station received its construction permit as WRLB on June 7, 1984. On February 1, 1992, the station changed its call sign to the current WIFI; it launched later that year. The WIFI call letters had previously been used in the market for some 20 years on the station now known as
WXTU. The station previously ran a brokered format under the "MyWifi 1460" brand.
The 1460 frequency had previously been used in Burlington County by
WJJZ, a daytime-only station licensed to
Mount Holly, New Jersey with a transmitter site on
Burlington Island. Two incarnations of WJJZ operated, both losing licenses over corporate indiscretions, between 1963 and 1983.
In 2008, Florence Broadcasting Partners led by John Forsythe took over operations of the station under a
time 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 programmed
gospel music
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.
In 2013, the station became one of the first broadcast stations to use 100% solar power for its daytime transmissions.
In November 2020, Ritmo Broadcasting began managing WIFI, replacing
Christian
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programming ("Life Radio") with a contemporary hit radio format, branded "WIFI 92.9".
Ritmo acquired WIFI and translator W225DJ effective March 1, 2021, at a purchase price of $275,000.
On April 16, 2021, the station rebranded as Ritmo 92.9, and began playing Tropical music.
On October 20, 2021, WIFI changed their format from tropical to Spanish adult contemporary, branded as "Amor 92.9".
On March 24, 2022 at midnight, WIFI once again flipped their format, to Rhythmic CHR, and rebranded back to their old branding of WIFI 92.9. They launched their new website on March 25, 2022. This was short days lived however, on March 29, 2022, WIFI flipped back to its old format as "92.9 Amor" for short days again. But, on April 4, 2022 WIFI flipped back again to Rhythmic CHR. On April 11, 2022, after 2 days of Rhythmic CHR, WIFI went dark. On April 21, 2022, WIFI flipped to urban contemporary as "Jamz 92.9".
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1992 establishments in New Jersey
Companies based in Burlington County, New Jersey
Florence Township, New Jersey
WIFI (AM)
Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States
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