1630 WPQJ970 North Plainfield, NJ - The best sounding TIS
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Channel: VWestlife · 2011 · Science & Technology
Transmitting on 1630 kHz AM with 10 watts of power in North Plainfield, NJ, WPQJ970 went on the air in December 2001 with a Traveler's Information Service (TIS) license, broadcasting weather, traffic, and community information for the town's residents. WPQJ970 has the loudest, clearest signal and most professional-sounding announcements I have ever heard from a TIS station. The station's announcer Rich Phoenix explains it: "I did 20 years of radio, on air, as a commercial and news writer and as an engineer. My college degree from Kent State is a Speech-Telecommunications B.A. degree completed in 1968. In 1969, I obtained my First Class Radiotelephone license, finally legitimising my years of tinkering. These days, I work full-time in municipal government. I do Internet radio as a hobby and oversee WPQJ970, a 10-watt mediumwave TIS station in our town that -- predictably enough -- has some of the loudest audio and best coverage of any such station in the state."
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