WOBM-FM
City | Toms River, New Jersey |
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Broadcast area | Ocean County, New Jersey |
Branding | "92.7 WOBM" |
Slogan | "Ocean County's Hometown Station" |
Frequency | 92.7 MHz |
First air date | March 1, 1968 |
Format | Adult Contemporary |
ERP | 1,400 watts |
HAAT | 148 meters |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 59508 |
Callsign meaning | Ocean Burlington Monmouth |
Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Monmouth-Ocean License, LLC) |
Sister stations | WOBM, WJLK, WCHR-FM, WBUD |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wobm.com |
WOBM-FM (92.7 FM) is an adult contemporary music formatted radio station known as "Ocean County's Hometown Station" broadcasting in Central New Jersey. Its variety of music stretches from artists such as Celine Dion to Billy Joel and Faith Hill. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, and is part of the Shore Group with five stations including WOBM, WJLK, WCHR-FM and WADB. Shore Group studios are at 8 Robbins Street in Toms River, New Jersey. WOBM's FM transmitter is in Bayville, New Jersey. "Ocean County's Soft Rock" officially changed formats to "Ocean County's Best Variety" in January 2015.
On-air staff
Current weekday on-air hosts include Shawn Michaels, Sue Moll, Lisa Leonard, Justin Louis, and Brian Moore. Weekenders include George W. Forman, Dan Alexander, Joe Hyer and Sunny Nichols. Overnight programming includes Zach Collins and Mark Anthony.
The WOBM News/Townsquare Media News team includes bureau chief Thomas Mongelli and morning anchor Dianne DeOliveira.
Every Thanksgiving WOBM starts playing holiday music 24/7 until Christmas.
Former on-air staff
Disk jockeys
- Dick Gunton
- Jeff Rafter
- Matt DeVoti
- Wayne Mayo
- Jay Sorensen
- Steve Paul
- Lisa Leonard
- Brian Moore
- Joanne Cruise
- Dick Allen
- Rick McDonough
- Joe Stephens
- Jack Tracksler
- Charlie Roberts
News staff
- Doug Doyle
- Ken Cooper
- Diana Rosenberg
- Wayne Aikens
- Roger Tees
- Carolynn Jones
- Brian Paulison
- Joe Bishop
- Bill Mecca
- Hank Weisbecker
- Wendy McClure
- Tripp Rogers
- Jason Allentoff
- Joel Mahan
- Janet Fried
- Ilya Hemlin
- Rosetta Key
External links
- WOBM official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOBM
- Radio-Locator information on WOBM
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOBM
Coordinates: 39°52′30″N 74°09′54″W / 39.875°N 74.165°W