WJDM (1520 AM ''Radio Cantico Nuevo'') is a

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Mineola, New York Mineola is a village in and the county seat of Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 18,799 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from an Algonquin Chief, Miniolagamika, which means "pleasant village". ...

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Christian radio format. The station is owned by Cantico Nuevo Ministry, Inc. WJDM broadcasts during daytime hours only, from local sunrise to sunset in order to protect

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, a clear-channel station on the same frequency that can frequently be heard in the New York City area after dark. The station went silent on January 25, 2018, after being evicted from their transmitter site and resumed broadcasting on January 15, 2019, in order 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. 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, 1530 AM in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which had its license cancelled in 2020.

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