WRDR is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Religious

Religious broadcasting

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 format. Licensed to Freehold Township, New Jersey

Freehold Township, New Jersey

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, it serves the New York area. The station is currently owned by Bridgelight, L.L.C..

The station offers a wide variety of programming including contemporary Praise and Worship music, Charismatic preaching and teaching, brief Christian features, instructional Christian programming, Church services, and Children's programs. The station stresses the positive Christian message while maintaining fundamental Biblical principles. The station also emphasises contemporary presentations. Programs include Somebody Loves You

Somebody Loves You

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 with Raul Ries, Back to the Bible

Back to the Bible

Back to the Bible is an international Christian ministry based in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, using radio, the internet, television, and other media...

, A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

Greg Laurie

Greg Laurie serves as the Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California.-Ministry:Laurie, who was born in Long Beach, California, became a Christian under the ministry of Pentecostal evangelist Lonnie Frisbee...

, The Word for Today with Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith (pastor)

Charles Ward “Chuck” Smith, , is the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and the founder of the Calvary Chapel movement...

, American Center for Law & Justice with Jay Sekulow, In Touch

In Touch Ministries

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 with Charles Stanley

Charles Stanley

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, Focus on the Family

Focus on the Family

Focus on the Family is an American evangelical Christian tax-exempt non-profit organization founded in 1977 by psychologist James Dobson, and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Focus on the Family is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations that rose to prominence in the 1980s...

, Adventures in Odyssey

Adventures in Odyssey

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, and so much more.

Music includes Rich Mullins

Rich Mullins

Richard Wayne "Rich" Mullins was an American Contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He had two sisters and two brothers....

, Maranatha Singers, Steve Curtis Chapman, Don Moen, Ron Kennolly, Vinyard Christian Music, Hosanna! Music

Hosanna! Music

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, Steve Green, Scott Wesley Brown, Sandi Patty

Sandi Patty

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, Chuck Gerard, Pete Carlson, David Meece

David Meece

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 and others. The station leans away from Contemporary Christian Music that sounds too much like mainstream pop. The music played has obvious Christian lyrics and the message is the main thing behind the music played.

In addition, WRDR simulcasts on several low power FM stations, 98.7 in the northeastern part of the Hudson Valley

Hudson Valley

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 in New York, 94.3 Rockland County, New York

Rockland County, New York

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, WJUX-LP 103.1 in Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County, New Jersey

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, and WJUX

WJUX

WJUX is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Monticello, New York, USA. The station is currently owned by Bridgelight, LLC....

 99.7 in Monticello, New York

Monticello, New York

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, and W255BY 98.9 in Poughkeepsie, New York

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.

Mission statement

The mission of The Bridge is to reach the Metro NY/NJ area with the life-changing message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Through sound Bible-teaching and inspiring praise and worship music, The Bridge seeks to equip believers throughout the Christian community and thereby impact our region through an effective Christian witness.

History

The vision for this station began when a few local Calvary Chapel

Calvary Chapel

Calvary Chapel is an evangelical association of Christian churches with over one thousand congregations worldwide. Calvary Chapel also maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs. It presents itself as a "fellowship of...

 pastors prayed for more practical and applicable Bible teaching to be available over the airwaves to meet the spiritual needs of millions in the Metro NY/NJ area. They felt that though talk radio and music were well represented by the existing Christian stations of WMCA, WWDJ and Star 99.1, there was a vast amount of excellent bible teachers equipping believers with practical and easy to listen to bible teaching that the northeast had not been exposed to. Believing the simple teaching of the Word of God is life changing they jumped at the chance to acquire an available station in Howell, New Jersey and then soon added the WJUX station that fed a few translators in the metro NY/NJ area.

Calvary Chapel Old Bridge's board approved providing the funding and along with Cornerstone Calvary Chapel's help were able to form Bridgelight Media LLC and purchase WRDR in Howell, New Jersey. The station renamed, The Bridge, went on the air for the first time on June 27, 2003. Shortly before sign-on, they were able to purchase the financially and legally troubled easily listening music outlet WJUX

WJUX

WJUX is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Monticello, New York, USA. The station is currently owned by Bridgelight, LLC....

 known as "Jukebox Radio" which added another full power radio station on 99.7 FM and two translators on 103.1 and 94.3, increasing the potential coverage to over 6.5 million people, and enabling them to reach a good part of New York City

New York City

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. The former Jukebox Radio

Jukebox Radio

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 stations joined the Bridge in the Fall of 2004.

They now have 89.7 FM in Monmouth County, NJ; 103.1 FM in Northern New Jersey and New York City; 99.7 FM in Sullivan County, New York

Sullivan County, New York

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; 94.3 FM in Pomona, New York

Pomona, New York

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; 98.9 FM in Poughkeepsie, New York. and 91.9 FM In southern MIddlesex County. 89.7 also reaches a small part of northern Ocean County

Ocean County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...

, but suffers interference from WNJN broadcasting on 89.7 which covers most of the county.