{{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{for multi|the former radio station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which held the WJDM call sign from 1971 to 2020|WJDM (New Jersey)|the former WJDM television station in Panama City, Florida|WJHG-TV}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WJDM | city = Mineola, New York | country = US | area = New York metropolitan area | frequency = {{Frequency|1530|kHz}} | branding = Radio Cantico Nuevo | languages = Spanish | format = Christian radio | owner = Cantico Nuevo Ministry, Inc. | sister_stations = WNYG | airdate = {{Start date|1948|11|17}}<ref>{{cite news |date=November 17, 1948 |title=Oyster Bay Radio Station On Air Today |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031113/1948-11-17/ed-1/seq-2.pdf |newspaper=Nassau Daily Review-Star |location=Freeport New York |access-date=February 3, 2020 }}</ref> | former_callsigns = {{ubl|WKBS (1946–1956)|WKIT (1956–1959)|WFYI (1959–1965)|WTHE (1965–2021)}} | former_frequencies = 1520 kHz (1946–2023) | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 68957 | class = D | power = {{ubl|10,000 watts (daytime)|500 watts (critical hours)}} | coordinates = {{Coord|40|41|6.4|N|73|36|34.5|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY_source:FCC|display=inline,title}} | translators = {{ubl|{{Radio Relay|97.5 MHz|W248CG|Jersey City, New Jersey}}|{{Radio Relay|101.5 MHz|W268AN|Plainview}}|{{Radio Relay|107.9 MHz|W300EI|New York City}}}} | webcast = {{Listen live|https://radiocanticonuevo.com/97-5-fm}} | website = {{url|https://radiocanticonuevo.com/}} }} '''WJDM''' (1530 AM; ''Radio Cantico Nuevo'') is a radio station licensed to Mineola, New York, broadcasting a Spanish language Christian radio format. The station is owned by Cantico Nuevo Ministry, Inc.<ref name="fccr" />
WJDM broadcasts during daytime hours only, from local sunrise to sunset to protect WCKY in Cincinnati, a clear-channel station on the same frequency that can be heard in the New York City area after dark.
The station, which was previously WTHE on 1520 AM, went silent on January 25, 2018, after being evicted from their transmitter site. It resumed broadcasting on January 15, 2019,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101778067&formid=910&fac_num=68957 |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA |access-date=February 8, 2018 }}</ref> to keep the station's license from being cancelled and the call letters deleted by the FCC.
In February 2019, Cantico Nuevo Ministry filed a $200,000 deal to purchase WTHE from Universal Broadcasting of New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/183911/wthe-a-long-island-sold-to-cantico-nuevo-ministry |work=AllAccess.com |title=WTHE-A/Long Island Sold To Cantico Nuevo Ministry |date=February 8, 2019 |access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> The purchase was consummated on November 14, 2019, at a price of $200,000.
The call letters were changed to WJDM from WTHE on May 27, 2021. The WJDM call letters had previously belonged to another Cantico Nuevo station, also on 1530 AM in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which had its license cancelled in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Request for Cancellation of License |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=94552 |website=fcc.gov |access-date=June 3, 2022}}</ref>
In June 2023 WJDM moved from 1520 AM to 1530 AM and increased its power from 1000 to 10000 watts thereby providing a stronger signal especially over New York City and portions of northern New Jersey.
==References== <references> <ref name="fccr">{{cite web |work=CDBS Public Access Database |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=WJDM Facility Record |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJDM }}</ref> </references>
==External links== * {{Official website|https://radiocanticonuevo.com/}} {{AM station data|68957|WJDM}} * {{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=67412 |title= History Cards for WJDM|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--> ;FM translators * {{FCC-LMS-Facility|140791|W248CG}} * {{FMXL|W248CG}} * {{FCC-LMS-Facility|151700|W268AN}} * {{FMXL|W268AN}} * {{FCC-LMS-Facility|155888|W300EI}} * {{FMXL|W300EI}}
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