WENJ
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| City | Millville, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Branding | 97.3 ESPN |
| Frequency | 97.3 MHz |
| First air date | February 2, 1962 (as WMVB-FM) |
| Format | Sports |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 142 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 72981 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°19′15″N 74°46′17″W / 39.32083°N 74.77139°W |
| Callsign meaning | W ESPN New Jersey |
| Former callsigns | WMVB-FM (1962-1988) WBSS-FM (1988-2002) WIXM (2002-2006) WXKW (2006-2009) WENJ-FM (2009-2012) |
| Affiliations |
ESPN Radio Fútbol de Primera Westwood One |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Atlantic City II License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WPGG, WFPG, WPUR, WSJO |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 973espn.com |
WENJ (97.3 FM) is a radio station that airs a sports radio format for the Atlantic City, New Jersey area, licensed to Millville. Its transmitter is located in Corbin City, New Jersey, where it shares a tower with WRTQ. The station is affiliated with ESPN Radio. Its studios are in Northfield, New Jersey.
WENJ first signed on February 2, 1962 as WMVB-FM, an FM sister station to WMVB (1440), airing an easy listening format; through the 1970s, the station began to evolve to an adult contemporary format. The station became WBSS-FM a.k.a. "The New Boss 97 FM 97.3 WBSS, Stopless Music...For Shore!", in 1988, following a shift to contemporary hit radio. In 1995, WBSS was sold to the owners of WKXW (101.5), which switched the station to a simulcast of WKXW's news/talk and oldies format, with a small amount of local news.
On March 15, 2002, WBSS dropped the simulcast of WKXW in favor of a modern adult contemporary format, with a call change to WIXM (referring to the station's branding of "Mix 97.3") following a few weeks later.
In November 2004, in the wake of sister station WSJO debuting a hot adult contemporary format, WIXM reverted to the WKXW simulcast; two years later, the station was renamed to WXKW.
In May 2009, WKXW began to remove references to having a simulcast partner for South Jersey from its promotions, indicating a planned format change for WXKW; on June 1, the station switched to ESPN Radio as WENJ-FM. The sports format had previously been heard in the market on WENJ, which switched to ESPN Deportes Radio after a brief period of simulcasting. The station simulcast again on that station from January 2, 2011 to October 15, 2012.
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