WIBG (AM)

WIBG

City	Ocean City/Somers Point, New Jersey
Broadcast area	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Branding	En Vivo 1020 WIBG
Frequency	1020 kHz
Translator(s)	101.3 MHz W267BP
Format	Spanish Hits
Power	1,900 watts (day) 680 watts (critical hours)
Callsign meaning	I Believe in God (previous format)
Owner	WIBG LLC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wibg.am

WIBG is a radio station broadcasting from Ocean City, New Jersey. The WIBG call letters were previously used in Philadelphia for a pioneering rock 'n' roll station now called WNTP.

WIBG broadcasts on an AM frequency of 1020 kHz, which is the same frequency used by Pittsburgh's KDKA, a clear channel station that is also America's oldest radio station. As such, WIBG broadcasts only during the daytime to avoid interfering with KDKA.

During the daytime, WIBG's signal reaches from Toms River to Cape May, New Jersey, and west into the Philadelphia suburbs.

On November 19, 2008, WIBG joined Radiolicious and began streaming on the iPhone and iPod Touch.^[1]

History

The station began operations in the mid-1960s as WSLT on 1520 kHz. The call sign was changed to WIBG in 1978 after the call went out of use in Philadelphia. The station broadcast with various formats over the years including MOR, Top 40, oldies and country. In the early 1980s WIBG lost the lease on its transmitter site in Somers Point and went off the air for a time. A replacement site in Cape May County was eventually located and the station built a new tower site and returned to the air, changing its frequency to 1020 kHz in the process. The revived WIBG aired Spanish-language programming and tourist information before adopting a religious format.

In October 2011, the station changed formats to Talk Radio. In May 2013, WIBG dropped its syndicated talk programs and began programming music on weekdays, with some local talk shows and religious broadcasts continuing to air on weekends. On June 3, 2013, the format changed to Spanish Hits "En Vivo 1020".^[2]

The station is co-owned with WIBG-FM, an oldies station licensed to Avalon, New Jersey .

WIBG-AM's signal and programming can also be heard on translator station W267BP broadcasting on 101.3 FM in Palermo, New Jersey.

References

↑ Careless, James (November 28, 2008). "Radiolicious Brings AM FM Radio to iPhones". Radio World.
↑ Venta, Lance (June 4, 2013). "WIBG Goes En Vivo". Radio Insight.

External links

WIBG official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WIBG

Radio-Locator Information on WIBG

Radio stations in the Atlantic City–Cape May market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.7 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 91.7 92.7 93.1 94.3 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.3 98.3 98.7 99.3 100.7 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.7 104.9 105.5 106.3 106.5 107.3

By AM frequency	1020 1230 1340 1400 1450 1490 1580

By callsign	WAIV WAJM WAYV WBSS WCFA-LP WCMC WCZT WEHA WENJ WEZW WFPG WGBZ WGYM WIBG WIBG-FM WJPG WJSE WLFR WLOM-LP WMGM WMID WNJN-FM WNJZ WOND WPGG WPUR WRTQ WSJO WTHJ WTKU-FM WTTH WWAC WWCJ WWFP WXGN WZBZ WZXL

New Jersey radio markets Atlantic City–Cape May Middlesex–Somerset–Union Monmouth–Ocean Morristown Sussex Trenton Other New Jersey radio regions Vineland–Millville–Bridgeton See also List of radio stations in New Jersey

Daytime-Only radio stations in New Jersey

Stations	WFAI - Salem WGHT - Pompton Lakes WIBG - Ocean City-Somers Point WJDM - Elizabeth WKMB - Stirling WWTR - Bridgewater

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of New Jersey

Stations	WDNJ – Hopatcong WEMG – Camden WIBG – Ocean City/Somers Point WMIZ – Vineland WPAT – Paterson WPAT-FM – Paterson WTTM – Lindenwold WUPC-LP – Arrowhead Village WWRU – Jersey City WXMC – Parsippany-Troy Hills

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New Jersey See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Coordinates: 39°13′45″N 74°40′53″W / 39.22917°N 74.68139°W / 39.22917; -74.68139

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