![]() ![]() Some of the jocks included Hal Wade, Danny Stiles, Bobby Jay, Hal Jackson, and others. As Newark's population became increasingly African-American in the 1960s, WNJR evolved into an R&B Music format full-time. The Newark Evening News owned WNJR until 1953, when Rollins Broadcasting bought the station. The station diversified its programming, running Jazz blocks, R & B music, talk shows, and Latin music. Ahead of its time, it first aired an unsuccessful all-news format. In 1947, the station changed its callsign to WNJR and its ownership to North Jersey Radio. At the time, the The Newark Sunday Call was being purchased by the Newark Evening News. ![]() In 1946, The Newark Sunday Call purchased WBYN from the FCC. ![]() WNJR was a commercial station first located at 91 Halsey Street in Newark, with a transmitter power output (TPO) of 5000 watts. ![]()
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