City | Ocean City, New Jersey |
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Broadcast area | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Branding | AC 102.7 |
Slogan | Today's Hottest Hits |
Frequency | 102.7 MHz |
First air date | November 1999 |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
ERP | 4,100 watts |
HAAT | 121.7 meters |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 51575 |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′13″N 75°35′44″W / 40.72028°N 75.59556°W |
Callsign meaning | W W Atlantic City |
Former callsigns | WJSE |
Owner | Longport Media, LLC |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | ac1027.com |
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WWAC (102.7 FM) is a commercial radio station located in the Atlantic City area on 102.7 FM. The station serves Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Southern Ocean Counties in New Jersey. The callsign meaning for WWAC is Atlantic City. Its transmitter is located in Atlantic City, with studios in Linwood, New Jersey.
The station was previously known as WJSE, broadcasting various versions of a rock format. From November 1999 until December 16, 2005 WJSE was the South Jersey home of the syndicated Howard Stern Show. On January 8, 2006 the Scotty and Alex Show replaced Stern after he moved his radio show to Sirius Satellite Radio and in February 2007 the syndicated Mancow Show replaced Scotty and Alex after the duo moved their show over to Free FM formatted WYSP in Philadelphia.
On December 16, 2005 the last day of Howard Stern's terrestrial radio show WJSE along with many of the other soon to be former Stern affiliates including flagship station WXRK in New York City broadcast Stern's last show live over the Internet which until then was strictly forbidden under the syndication agreement between Stern, his production company One-Twelve, Inc., his employer CBS Radio, the syndicator Westwood One and the affiliates which broadcast The Howard Stern Show.
The station was a finalist for Radio and Records magazine's 2007 Industry Achievement Award for best Alternative Station for markets 100 and up. Other finalists include WKZQ-FM, KQXR, WBTZ, KXNA, and WSFM.