- WTTM
Infobox Radio station
name = WTTM
city = Lindenwold,New Jersey
area =
branding = "El Pasaporte"
slogan =
frequency = 1680kHz
airdate =
format =World Ethnic
power = 10,000watt s (day)
1,000 watts (night)
class = B
facility_id = 87111
coordinates = coord|39|53|15|N|75|00|05|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WAXK (1998-1998)
owner = Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc
licensee = Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.radiowttm1680.com radiowttm1680.com]
affiliations =WTTM (1680 AM, "El Pasaporte") is a
radio station broadcasting aWorld Ethnic format to thePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania area. The station has its studios and offices inPhiladelphia and its transmitter site nearCherry Hill, New Jersey . The station is owned by Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc and licensed to Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WTTM |title=WTTM Facility Record |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]History
The station was originally authorized as an expanded band allocation in
Princeton, New Jersey . It was granted its construction permit under the FCC-assigned call sign WAXK on March 6, 1998. On March 26, 1998, the station changed its call letters to WTTM, a call sign that had just been removed from its longtime home on 920 AM inTrenton, New Jersey . [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=87111&Callsign=wttm |title=WTTM Call Sign History |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ] The new WTTM reached the air in 1999 with a sports format, mostly broadcasting programming fromESPN Radio . In 2002 the station was sold from Nassau broadcasting to Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. MRBI leased the station to EBC Radio to program the station with a South Asian Indian format. The lease arrangement ended in 2005 and shortly thereafter the stations city of License was relocated from Princeton to Lindenwold, moving it into the Philadelphia radio market.References
External links
*AMQ|WTTM
*AML|WTTM
*AMARB|WTTM
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