WNJO (FM)

WNJO (90.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Toms River, New Jersey, with the transmitter located on the Barnegat Peninsula south of Seaside Park. The station is owned by New York Public Radio (WNYC), and is an affiliate of their New Jersey Public Radio network.

WNJO's signal is extremely limited in Ocean County due to co-channel interference from WNJZ which transmits a 6,000 watt signal from Cape May Court House, just 25 miles from the Ocean County border.

WNYC assumed control of the stations that make up NJPR under a management agreement on July 1, 2011. Previously, WNJO had been part of New Jersey Network's radio service.

WNJO was knocked off-the-air along with the rest of the NJPR network when its transmitter took a heavy hit from Hurricane Sandy. While WNJO's sister stations all came back online on November 3, it took until December 14 to get WNJO back on the air because the Barnegat Peninsula was inaccessible from mainland New Jersey for some time after the storm. New York Public Radio engineering director Jim Stagnitto initially thought the transmitter had been carried into Barnegat Bay, but he and his team found the transmitter intact when they were finally able to inspect the site. However, WNJO's coverage area didn't lose access to NPR programming. It is one of the few portions of the NJPR service area that gets a clear signal from the WNYC stations, and WNJZ—a satellite of Philadelphia's WHYY-FM—also covers the area with a decent signal.

WNJO

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WNJO (defunct)

WNJO (94.5 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Trenton, New Jersey. It aired an Oldies music format. This station currently operates as WPST.

Launch

WNJO was launched on March 2, 1998, with then New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman kicking off "New Jersey's Oldies Station" with The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand." The station was a success, debuting at the #1 spot, kicking out WKXW and outshining sister station WPST. The 94.5 filled in the lack of a strong oldies outlet in Central NJ, with WCBS-FM's signal blocked by co-channel WBEB, and interference with WOGL from 97.9 in NYC and WMGQ in New Brunswick.

Personalities

WNJO's program directors included, Scott "Boom Boom" Edwards and Jeff Rafter (now program director at WJRZ-FM & WMGQ). Full-time DJs included PD's Edwards and Rafter along with Tripp Rogers, Dave Collins, Max Vierra, and Nancy Hill as well as talk personality Roberta Gale (after leaving WKXW). Part-timers included Johnny Dark and Joe Stephens (both now at WJRZ-FM). Don Kellogg (now Operations Manager and morning personality in Texas) served as morning personality for a year. Station consultant was Oldies specialist Chris Elliot