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WVNJ
WVNJ (1160 AM) is a religious formatted radio station licensed to Oakland, New Jersey and serving Bergen County, New Jersey and parts of the New York City area. Since November 2018 the station has been owned-and-operated by Immaculate Heart Media, Inc, whose Catholic programing is known as Relevant Radio.
History.
WVNJ began operation on AM 1160 in 1987. The station initially offered an oldies format featuring mostly R&B music from 1955 to 1974. The format did not do well and in
with separate antenna patterns from a tower site in Livingston, New Jersey, near Route 10.
History.
History The WVNJ years.
In 1947, WVNJ first signed on the air. It was licensed to Newark and was owned by the Newark Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the Griffith Piano Company to showcase its instruments. In the 1950s through 1970s, the station played Broadway and Hollywood show tunes as well as instrumental and vocal easy listening music. In 1961, then-owner Herb Saltzman acquired the license to 100.3