WNYM
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| City | Hackensack, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
| Branding | AM 970, The Answer |
| Slogan | News. Opinion. Passion. |
| Frequency | 970 kHz |
| First air date | 1926 |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 5,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 58635 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°54′40″N 74°01′42″W / 40.91111°N 74.02833°W |
| Callsign meaning | W New York Metro |
| Former callsigns | WAAT (1926–1958) WNTA (1958–1962) WJRZ (1962–1971) WWDJ (1971–2008) WTTT (2008) |
| Affiliations |
Salem Radio Network Fox News Radio |
| Owner |
Salem Media Group (Salem Media of New York, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WMCA |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | am970theanswer.com |
WNYM (970 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Hackensack, New Jersey, USA and serving the New York metropolitan area. WNYM is owned by Salem Media Group and broadcasts a conservative-leaning, talk radio format. The station's studios are shared with co-owned WMCA (570 AM) in Lower Manhattan. WNYM's transmitters are located in Hackensack.
The station signed on in 1926 as Newark-licensed WAAT and was founded by Frank V. Bremer, owner of Bremer Broadcasting Company. WAAT originally broadcast on 1270 AM, and changed frequencies several times (moving to 1070 in 1928, 940 in 1930) before settling on 970 kHz in 1941, as per the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. In 1947 Bremer launched an FM adjunct, WAAT-FM (94.7, now WNSH), and the following year a sister television station, WATV began broadcasts on channel 13. In 1951 the stations were sold to Irving Rosenhaus; WAAT evolved to a middle of the road music format by the 1950s, similar to what WNEW, WOR, and WCBS were doing at that time. WAAT later attempted a country music format, the first in the New York area.
In 1957 the WAAT/WATV operation was sold by Bremer to National Telefilm Associates, who changed the station's call letters to WNTA. National Telefilm split up its holdings in 1961, with WNTA-TV (now WNET) being sold to a New York City-based nonprofit educational group, and the WNTA radio stations going to Communications Industries Broadcasting. The new owners changed the calls to WJRZ and retained the MOR format until September 15, 1965, when WJRZ became the first radio station in the New York metro area to play a country music format 24 hours a day. Not long after, the station moved its transmitter site and changed its city of license from Newark to Hackensack. WJRZ was the flagship radio outlet for the New York Mets from 1967 until 1971.
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