WTMR is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Camden, New Jersey

Camden, New Jersey

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, USA, it serves the Philadelphia area. The station is currently owned by Beasley Broadcast Group

Beasley Broadcast Group

Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. , based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. As of January 2011, the company owned 17 AM stations and 28 FM stations. -History:...

 and features programing from Westwood One

Westwood One

Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...

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History

The station began operations in the late 1940s as WKDN. It was originally owned by Ranulf Compton

Ranulf Compton

Ranulf Compton was a United States Representative from Connecticut.He attended the public schools at Indianapolis, Indiana and was graduated from the Howe Military School, Howe, Indiana in 1899. After graduation, he attended Harvard University. He engaged in banking and finance in New York and...

, and was a 1,000-watt, daytime-only station that broadcast middle-of-the-road music. The call letters became WTMR after the station was sold in 1968. By the early 1970s WTMR's power had been increased to 5,000 watts. In 1975 the station began phasing out pop music in favor of religious programming. It was granted a license to operate at night during the 1980s.