WTTH is an urban adult contemporary

Urban Adult Contemporary

Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...

 music formatted radio station

Radio station

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 based in Margate City, New Jersey

Margate City, New Jersey

Margate City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 6,354.Margate City was originally incorporated as the borough of South Atlantic City by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 7, 1885, from portions of Egg Harbor...

. It serves the general Atlantic City, NJ, metro area.

History

WTTH first signed on as WFOU in 1989. It first changed its call leters to WMXL in 1990 before becoming WTTH, branded as "The Touch," in 1991. As The Touch, WTTH plays an Urban AC format.
The Touch once operated a simulcast on 105.5 WBNJ in Cape May County from 1994 until 1999. The simulcast then moved to the 93.1 WDTH frequency until 2009, when it became Easy 93.1.

In 2004 and 2005, WTTH and its then-simulcast WDTH were two of the earliest stations in the country to flip to an all-Christmas format.

Programming

WTTH is the Atlantic City home of the nationally syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning Show

Tom Joyner Morning Show

The Tom Joyner Morning Show is a nationally-syndicated program, featuring host Tom Joyner and a team of comedians and commentators reporting and discussing the latest news and sports of the day, playing popular R&B songs from the 1970s through the 1990s as well as contemporary R&B hits, and an...

," which airs weekday mornings from 6-10 a.m. Music the rest of the day is automated.
On weekends, WTTH ceases to play modern songs and plays classic R&B and soul songs, in what it calls "Back in the Day Weekends."
On Saturdays, the station simulcasts the popular "Bob Pantano Saturday Night Dance Party" from Philadelphia's 98.1 WOGL

WOGL

WOGL is an FM radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.The station plays mostly post 1964 pop leaning Oldies positioned Classic Hits music, including Motown, soul and rock and roll spanning roughly 1964–1985. An occasional pre-1964 song is played. WOGL is owned by CBS Radio...

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On Sunday mornings, WTTH airs the nationally syndicated "Gospel Traxx" hosted by Walt "Baby" Love. It also airs "The Sunday Breakfast Club," hosted by Atlantic City personality Ray Tyler, currently the station's only live DJ.

Antenna Information

The WTTH antenna sits about 1 block south of the Taj Mahal casino. The exact locations are:

• Station Status Licensed Class A FM Station
• Effective Radiated Power 2800 Watts
• Height above Avg. Terrain 122 meters (401 feet)
• Height above Ground Level 121 meters (397 feet)
• Height above Sea Level 123 meters (404 feet)
• Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
• Transmitter Location 39° 21' 02" N, 74° 26' 55" W

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