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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WEMG
| logo             = WEMG mega105.7-1310 logo.png
| logo_size        = 200px
| city             = [[Camden, New Jersey]]
| country          = US
| area             = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| branding         = ''Mega 105.7''
| airdate          = {{start date|1924|9|19}}
| frequency        = 1310 [[kHz]] [[C-QUAM]] AM Stereo
| repeaters        = {{Radio Relay|97.3|[[WENJ|WENJ-HD2]]|[[Millville, New Jersey|Millville]]}}
| translator       = See {{section link||Translators}}
| format           = [[Latin pop|Spanish hits]]
| language         =
| power            = {{ubl|1,000 [[watt]]s (day)|250 watts (night)}}
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 74073
| coordinates      = {{coord|39|57|28.41|N|75|6|52.63|W|type:landmark_region:US-NJ_source:FCC|name=WEMG|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = Letters transposed meaning "Mega"
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WFBI (1924–1926)|WCAM (1926–1980)|WSSJ (1980–2001)}}
| former_frequencies = {{ubl|890 [[kilohertz|kHz]] (1924–1928)|1340 [[kilohertz|kHz]] (1928–1929)|1280 [[kilohertz|kHz]] (1929–1941)}}
| owner            = Mega-Philadelphia, LLC, Debtor in Possession
| licensee         =
| sister_stations  =
| webcast          =
| website          = {{url|http://www.lamega1057.com}}
| affiliations     =
}}
'''WEMG''' (1310 [[AM broadcasting|AM]], "Mega 105.7") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve [[Camden, New Jersey]]. The station is owned by Mega-Philadelphia, LLC, Debtor in Possession and airs a [[Latin pop|Spanish hits]] format.
==History==
The station was first licensed, as WFBI, to the Galvin Radio Supply Company at 521 Market Street, on September 19, 1924.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763052&view=1up&seq=185 "New Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', October 1, 1924, page 3.</ref> The original call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. In 1926, after the station was bought by the City of Camden, New Jersey, the call letters were changed to WCAM.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763060&view=1up&seq=304 "Alterations and corrections"], ''Radio Service bulletin'', March 31, 1926, page 8.</ref>
In the 1940s the station shared time on its frequency with [[WIMG|WTNJ]] in [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] and [[WOBM (AM)|WCAP]] in [[Asbury Park, New Jersey|Asbury Park]]; an agreement implemented in 1949 ended the time-share and allowed WCAM to become a full-time station, although with lower power than it had previously used.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=67158 |title=History Cards for WEMG |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |accessdate=2022-02-03}}</ref>
WCAM broadcast a variety of formats over the years. From September 1965 to April 1966 it was the Philadelphia-area affiliate of the [[NBC|NBC Radio Network]], and it was the radio flagship of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in the team's second season, 1968–69. The station was not consistently profitable, and the city began attempting to sell it in the mid-1960s. After a few false starts, a deal was finally made in the late 1970s and the station was sold to Philadelphia cable TV operator Wade Communications. Wade changed the call sign to WSSJ in 1980, and a few years later sold the station to a group led by a local businessman and a station employee. In 1998 they sold WSSJ for $2 million to Spanish-language broadcaster [[Alfredo Alonso]], owner of Mega Communications, which at the time operated [[WURD|WEMG]] on 900 kilohertz in Philadelphia. In 2001 Mega sold the license for 900 and moved the WEMG call sign to the Camden-licensed station, then sold the operation to current owner Davidson Media in 2005.
Davidson originally operated WEMG as primarily a brokered radio station, offering time slots for sale to persons or businesses who then broadcast programs on a variety of different topics or presented music programs of their own design. For the past several years, WEMG has transitioned to more station-originated programming. Today, several brokered programs remain on the air; most present music and are heard mainly on weekends. The station also carries Spanish language play-by-play of the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Philadelphia Eagles]].
Mega's 2014 weekday announcer lineup includes El Show de Luis Jimenez (a nationally syndicated program) in mornings, Jorge "El Chico Malo" Melendez (WEMG's program director) in middays, "Rudy Rudisimo" Garcia in afternoons, and DJ Jay Serrano in evenings.
WEMG is active in the Philadelphia and South Jersey Latino communities. Mega is supporting sponsor of numerous neighborhood events including La Parada San Juan Bautista in Camden and Concilio's Hispanic Fiesta in Philadelphia, and is a partner with other leading Hispanic organizations in their activities.
==Translators==
Mega programming is broadcast on the following [[Broadcast relay station|translators]]:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]<br />([[Hertz#SI multiples|MHz]])
! [[City of license]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Facility ID]]
! [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]]<br />([[watt|W]])
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Height above average terrain|Height]]<br />([[Metre|m]] ([[Foot (unit)|ft]]))
! class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
! Rebroadcasts
|-
| {{rh}} | W277BA || 103.3 || [[Millville, New Jersey]] || {{FID|141526}} || D || 133 || {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on|sp=us}} || {{coord|39|25|18.4|N|75|01|13.6|W|type:landmark_region:US-NJ_source:FCC|name=W277BA}} || WENJ-HD2
|-
| {{rh}} | W230AA || 93.9 || [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] || {{FID|41178}} || D || 250 || {{convert|95|m|ft|abbr=on|sp=us}} || {{coord|39|25|35.4|N|74|33|42.6|W|type:landmark_region:US-NJ_source:FCC|name=W230AA}} || WENJ-HD2
|-
| {{rh}} | W289AZ || 105.7 || [[Camden, New Jersey]] || {{FID|141522}} || D || 250 || {{convert|43|m|ft|abbr=on|sp=us}} || {{coord|39|57|28.4|N|75|06|52.6|W|type:landmark_region:US-NJ_source:FCC|name=W289AZ}} || WEMG
|}
Mega programming is also available via a simulcast on the HD2 subchannel of 97.3 [[WENJ]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{AM station data|74073|WEMG}}
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|41178|W230AA}}
* {{FMXL|W230AA}}
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|141526|W277BA}}
* {{FMXL|W277BA}}
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|141522|W289AZ}}
* {{FMXL|W289AZ}}
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{{Spanish Radio Stations in New Jersey}}
{{AM Stereo radio stations in the United States}}
[[Category:Radio stations in New Jersey|EMG]]
[[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Spanish-language radio stations in New Jersey|EMG]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1924]]
[[Category:Mass media in Camden, New Jersey]]
[[Category:1924 establishments in New Jersey]]