WKXW (101.5
FM, "New Jersey 101.5") is a
commercial
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** Television advertisement
* (adjective for:) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and s ...
FM radio station
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licensed to serve
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.[Townsquare Media
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. Its studios and offices are located in
Ewing and its broadcast tower, which is shared with
WPRB
WPRB (103.3 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to Princeton, New Jersey, and owned by Princeton Broadcasting Service, Inc. It broadcasts a freeform radio format, including shoegaze, slowcore, noise music, harsh noise wall, plunderphonics, ...
, is located near the
Quaker Bridge Mall
Quaker Bridge Mall is a two-level super-regional mall located in the Clarksville section of Lawrence Township, New Jersey. As of 2022, the mall currently features the traditional tenants Macy's, and JCPenney. The mall currently features prominen ...
in
Lawrence Township in
Mercer County, New Jersey at ().
History
The station went on the air on August 27, 1962, as WBUD-FM. Its
call sign
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subsequently changed in 1967 to WBJH, which stood for Bill and Joy Hardin, the son and daughter-in-law of the owner. The station's call sign changed to WTRT in 1979 and rebranded as ''"The New T-101 FM"''. In 1980, the station's call sign was changed to WKXW-FM, under its new owner Fidelity Communications. It was playing a
hot adult contemporary
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format as ''"The All New Kix 101 & A 1/2 FM"'' and later ''"Kix 101.5"''. By the late 80s, the station evolved into more of a gold-based
adult contemporary
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format. Its weekend Saturday oldies show evolved into an all oldies format from the 1950s through early 70s on overnights and weekends before the change to its current weekday talk format, which came in 1990 when it was sold to Press Communications. The sale to Millennium Radio Group took place in 2001.
On March 1, 1990, at 5pm, "New Jersey 101.5", conceived by Sabo Media CEO, Walter Sabo, became the first full-time FM Talk station in America targeted for a younger audience. Mark Sheppard, who later went to middays, kicked off the format playing Bill Haley & The Comets' "Rock Around The Clock".
Since the 1990s, the station has a
talk
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Communication
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* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
and
news
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format
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* Paper formats, or paper size standards
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during the week, with
oldies
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music on the overnights and weekend. Initially, the oldies format was 1960s-based with a few pre-1964 oldies and a 1970s oldie or two each hour. By the early-to-mid-1990s, more 1970s music was added and by the early-2000s, 1980s music from 1980 to 1982 was added occasionally. Between 2000 and 2005, music from between 1986 and 1989 was added to the lineups. Gradually, at the same time, songs from 1964 and older were gradually reduced in the late-1990s and gone by 2000. In September 2007, 1960s music was removed from the "60s, 70s, and 80s" weekend music programming ID, and nearly all 1960s music had been removed from the playlist. However, in May 2012, "60s" was added back to the weekend music programming ID, coinciding with a limited but steady increase in music airplay focusing on select titles by well-known artists.
In the mid-to-late-1990s, music was ended on weekday overnights and now airs strictly on weekends and some holidays.
The station has, at times, provided a simulcast on various AM and FM stations in the
Atlantic City area, beyond the reach of its main transmitter. The most recent simulcast ceased in June 2009 when
then-WXKW changed formats to
ESPN Sports Radio. The station's morning show was also simulcast for a time on regional cable network
CN8
The Comcast Network (TCN) was an American cable television network owned by the Comcast Corporation, through NBCUniversal; it was carried mostly on Comcast cable systems in four states and 20 television markets in the Eastern U.S. from New Jersey ...
in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with cameras mounted in the radio studio showing the station's personalities on-camera.
In 2011, California-based
Oaktree Capital signed a deal to buy Millennium Radio Group; after taking over, Oaktree transferred the Millennium stations to
Townsquare Media
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.
Controversies
In 2008, the station's parent company
was sued by a photographer for
copyright infringement
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, and
defamation with regards to the online posting of a photocopy of a ''
New Jersey Monthly ''magazine photograph. Photographer Peter Murphy sent a notice of
copyright infringement
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to the station to remove a photo
Craig Carton
Craig Harris Carton (born January 31, 1969) is an American radio and television personality. He is the co-host of the ''Carton and Roberts'' sports radio program on WFAN (AM) in New York City, and is seen nationally on Fox Sports 1 as host of '' ...
and Ray Rossi, which had been photocopied from a March 2006 issue of the magazine; the station also posted edited versions of the picture that were submitted by listeners. While the station complied with the takedown request, Carton and Rossi complained on-air about Murphy's conduct, allegedly saying that Murphy was "not to be trusted" and that people "should avoid doing business" with him. Carton and Rossi also alleged that Murphy "was a homosexual."
In April 2008, Murphy brought suit for direct,
contributory, and
vicarious
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* Vic ...
copyright infringement
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, violation of the
DMCA
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, and
defamation of character
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against Millennium Radio Group, Carton, and Rossi. The Third Circuit ruled that the station's actions did constitute both a violation of the DMCA and copyright infringement, which
vacated
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the district court's judgment.
On July 26, 2018, the station came under fire after hosts Judi Franco and Dennis Malloy referred to
New Jersey Attorney General
The attorney general of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the governor of New Jersey, confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, and term limite ...
Gurbir Grewal
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as "turban man" while on air. The hosts were suspended for 10 days.
In December 2018, Judi Franco garnered controversy when called the state's
"Move Over" law "silly" and unnecessary in an opinion piece she posted on the station's website under the headline "Dead cops make bad laws."
Some of the station's personalities have garnered attention for their promotion of
anti-vaccination
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viewpoints (including opposition to
COVID-19 vaccines
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Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, an est ...
and
COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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), including morning host
Bill Spadea William G. Spadea (born March 25, 1969) is an American businessman and television host from New Jersey, who was the Republican nominee for United States Congress in New Jersey's 12th congressional district in 2004. He was Chairman of the College Rep ...
, and host Dennis Malloy of the midday show ''The Dennis & Judi Show''. In September 2022, Spadea and station owner Townsquare Media were sued for defamation by Steven Tobias—a child psychologist who had made appearances on the station to discuss the impact of the pandemic on schools—after Spadea called for him to be "indicted for
child abuse" for promoting the wearing of
face masks in schools.
New Jersey-centric branding
The station has strongly
brand
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ed its New Jersey-ness, with its announcers frequently self-identifying "New Jersey 101.5" and with its bumper message intoning "Not New York. Not Philadelphia. Proud to be New Jersey!", as well as its branded ''New Jersey Fast Traffic'' and ''New Jersey Instant Weather''. The New Jersey-centric nature of the station is emphasized in the traffic reports, in that they refer to traffic direction on bridges and tunnels as "entering New Jersey" or "leaving New Jersey" instead of the more traditional designations of "into the city/inbound" or "out of the city/outbound". As well, current temperatures of different samples of towns in New Jersey are given after the weather reports. Despite the station's branding, the 101.5 signal does not reach the majority of Cape May, Salem and Sussex Counties while the signal's coverage of Atlantic, Bergen, Cumberland and Hudson Counties is poor at best, though digital streaming options do allow full-state and even out-of-state reach of the station through other means.
Ratings
The way WKXW has been able to maintain a strong listener base can be attributed to several factors, including:
*Radio stations in New York City and Philadelphia tend to only mention New Jersey issues, news, politics, etc. in short regional rundowns outside of the most high-profile stories, if at all (for instance, state weather is mentioned by some New York and Philadelphia stations under the vague terms "The Beaches" or "The
Jersey Shore" without delineation of location for those observations). For decades the station was the highest rated FM Talk station measured, according to
Arbitron/Nielsen Media.
*New Jersey has only two English speaking commercial television stations:
Secaucus
Secaucus ( ) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 16,264,[WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area as the flagship of MyNetworkTV. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox flagship WNYW ...]
(channel 9), a
MyNetworkTV
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affiliate, and
Wildwood-licensed
WMGM-TV
WMGM-TV (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Wildwood, New Jersey, United States, affiliated with the True Crime Network. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision alongside Vineland, New Jersey–licensed Univision owned-and-operated statio ...
(channel 40), an NBC affiliate until the start of 2015 (currently a
True Crime Network
True Crime Network (formerly Justice Network) is an American digital multicast television network that is operated by True Crime Network, LLC, a limited liability company, which is owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in true crime, in ...
station owned by
Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...
with no breakaways from network programming). Both stations no longer have news departments or
local newscasts. WMGM-TV covers the outer fringes of the
Delaware Valley and Philadelphia, while WWOR-TV primarily serves the
New York Tri-State Area. On July 2, 2013, traditional newscasts (which were nominally focused on New Jersey issues) on WWOR were discontinued for an outside produced interview program called ''Chasing New Jersey'', which later took on a generic
social media
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focus under the title ''
Chasing News
''Chasing News with Bill Spadea'' (formerly ''Chasing New Jersey'' and ''Chasing News'') was a news and talk show program broadcast by WWOR-TV, a MyNetworkTV O&O based in Secaucus, New Jersey and serving New York City, and sister to Fox flagship s ...
'' with only a vague focus on New Jerseyan issues. WMGM-TV ended their NBC affiliation on January 1, 2015, due to the
2017 Spectrum Incentive Auction. The news department was also terminated, though it remains under contract to the owners which sold off the station license, and they may relaunch it on another station.
Altice USA
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also offers the regional cable news channel
News 12 New Jersey
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to the subscribers of several pay-TV systems in the state.
PBS
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member network
NJTV
NJ PBS (known as NJTV prior to 2021) is a public television network serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. The network is owned by the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (NJPBA), an agency of the New Jersey state government which owns t ...
(now NJ PBS) is the only remaining television operation with a New Jersey-focused newscast, but was converted to private ownership from state backing in July 2011 under
Chris Christie
Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, lobbyist, and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.
Christie, who was born in N ...
's campaign promises to cut state expenses and lay-off
New Jersey Network
The New Jersey Network (NJN) was a network of public television and radio stations serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. NJN was a member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for television and the National Public Radio (NPR) for radio, br ...
staff, and is currently operated by Newark-licensed
WNET
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(operating from a New York City base), which also airs the NJTV newscasts on WNET itself for
Northern New Jersey
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. Smaller independent stations such as
WMBC-TV
WMBC-TV (channel 63) is an Independent station (North America), independent television station licensed to Newton, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York metropolitan area. The station is owned by the Mountain Broadcasting Corporation ...
, WMGM-TV,
WUVP-DT
WUVP-DT (channel 65) is a television station licensed to Vineland, New Jersey, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network to the Philadelphia area. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Wildwood, Ne ...
,
WMCN-TV
WMCN-TV (channel 44) is a television station licensed to Princeton, New Jersey, United States, serving the Philadelphia area with programming from ShopHQ. It is owned by WRNN-TV Associates alongside Willow Grove, Pennsylvania–licensed independe ...
and
WACP
WACP (channel 4) is a religious television station licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, serving southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia television market as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) ...
also have newscasts to serve local audiences of Northern and Southern New Jersey, respectively, except WMBC-TV's news also focuses on
New York and
Fairfield County, Connecticut
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, but SNJ Today News was cancelled in February 2019, due to budget issues, SNJ Today was subsequently sold off to the Hope Loft non-profit in
Cumberland County, New Jersey. Local news will return to South Jersey in October 2020, from
New Jersey News Network on
WNWT-LD
WNWT-LD (channel 37) is a television station in New York City, airing programming from Story Television. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Middletown Township, New Jersey-licensed MeTV station WJLP (channel 33) and Bridgeport, Conne ...
37. There was also
WOND
WOND (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Pleasantville, New Jersey, and serving the Atlantic City radio market. It is owned by Longport Media and broadcasts a news/talk radio format. The radio studios and offices are located of ...
radio news at 6 PM, which was cancelled in April 2019, due to budget issues and SJNtv, which disbanded in July 2020. WMCN-TV previously had newscasts as WWAC-TV (channel 53) from July 1981 to 1984 as an
ABC
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affiliate, which was also cancelled due to budget issues.
TSM News South Jersey Edition was cancelled in 2000, due to budget issues. Local news programming on WSJT-TV (channel 65) was also cancelled due to budget issues and that station also went bankrupt.
Townsquare News Network
The station is the flagship broadcasting arm of the Townsquare New Jersey News Network as heard on twelve radio stations throughout the state. The network consists of
WOBM-FM
WOBM-FM (92.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station known as "Ocean County's Hometown Station," licensed to Toms River and serving Ocean County, New Jersey. It airs an adult contemporary radio format. From late November until December 25 each y ...
in Toms River,
WOBM-AM
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in Lakewood,
WCHR-FM
WCHR-FM (105.7 MHz), known as "105.7 The Hawk", "Classic Rock for the Jersey Shore, 105.7 The Hawk" or in reverse "105.7 The Hawk, Classic Rock for the Jersey Shore", is a radio station in Manahawkin, New Jersey, with a classic rock format. It ...
in Manahawkin,
WJLK
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-FM in Asbury Park, WADB-AM in Tinton Falls,
WFPG
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-FM in Atlantic City,
WSJO
WSJO (104.9 FM, "SoJO 104.9") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Egg Harbor City, New Jersey. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, through licensee Townsquare License, LLC, and broadcasts a Top 40 (CHR) format.
WSJO broad ...
-FM in Egg Harbor City,
WPUR
WPUR (107.3 FM) is a country music formatted radio station in Atlantic City, New Jersey. WPUR is more commonly known as "Cat Country 107.3". Its transmitter is located in Atlantic City, while studios are in Northfield, New Jersey.
History
107.3 ...
-FM in Atlantic City, and
WENJ
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in Atlantic City. Various bureaus throughout the state share stories with the Ewing headquarters.
Format
The station's proprietary format was created in 1990. It was idea of Sabo Media CEO Walter Sabo. Sabo, a former NBC and ABC executive, branded the station, built its approach to call-in radio and gave the station its Jersey-centric point of view. His initiatives were carried out by Jay Sorensen and Perry Michael Simon, with the help of Press Broadcasting chief Bob McAllan and general manager John Dziuba. Subsequent program directors include Leigh Jacobs and Eric Johnson.
On-air personalities
Current
*Eric Scott – host of the early morning news show ''New Jersey's First News With Eric Scott'' as well as the monthly ''"Ask the Governor"''.
*
Bill Spadea William G. Spadea (born March 25, 1969) is an American businessman and television host from New Jersey, who was the Republican nominee for United States Congress in New Jersey's 12th congressional district in 2004. He was Chairman of the College Rep ...
– host of the morning show; took over hosting duties from the original and longtime host, Jim Gearhart, in December 2015.
*Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco – hosts of the mid-day show, The Dennis & Judi Show, which mixes a variety of topics, from New Jersey politics, to the mundane, irreverent issues; the show first aired in 1997.
*Jeff Deminski and Bill Doyle – hosts of ''
The Deminski and Doyle Show'' which returned on July 5, 2011, after leaving for the
Detroit
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market in 1999.
*Steve Trevelise – host of the evening show, a mix of comedy and current events.
*Big Joe Henry – host of the weekend music shows, showcasing a mix of
oldies
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retro and more modern music, together with a retro DJ style featuring reverb, Big Joe Jokes (often revolving around his own prodigious weight), and sound effects. Henry is known for his catch phrase "livin' large and lovin' life." Also on-site hosts a Sunday-evening talent show in
Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Point Pleasant is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was down from 19,306 in 2000 but still up from 18,177 in 1990.
The Borough is a Jersey Shore community situ ...
during the summer.
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Supporting personalities include Dan Zarrow on weather, David Mattau and Patrick Lavery
on news, Bob Williams, Jill Myra, "Tom Rivers" (aka Matt Ward from
1010 WINS), and
Bernie Wagenblast
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for traffic.
Alumni
Notable radio personalities who have worked at the station include:
*Philadelphia radio Hall of Famer
Hy Lit
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and his son Sam Lit, who anchored the air staff in the early 80s
*''
John and Ken
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'' (John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, now at
KFI
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Los Angeles)
*''Scott and Casey'' (Scott Hasick, currently at WMVN/WARH St. Louis)
*Tommy G (named to ''Talkers Magazine'' Frontier 50)
*Paul "PJ" Cunningham worked on-air at KIX 101 1/2 from 1987 to 1989. Has been host of The Bender Nation morning show on KBKS-FM in Seattle since 2001.
*Jeff McKay – traffic reporter
*Mary Walter – former "Passion Phones" host from 1991 - 1996 and 2002 - 2006. Multiple Gracie Award winner. Talkers Heavy Hundred. Currently at
WMAL-FM
WMAL-FM (105.9 MHz) – branded 105.9 FM WMAL – is a radio station licensed to Woodbridge, Virginia, serving the Washington, D.C. Metro area. WMAL-FM airs a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Cumulus Media. The station's st ...
Washington DC,
Fox News Radio &
Sirius Patriot Channel. She is currently a commentator on various Newsmax TV shows and is a regular with Michael Reagan on the Chris Salcedo Show.
*Two incarnations of the ''Jersey Guys'', first with Craig Carton and Ray Rossi (in summer 2002) and second (in summer 2007) with Casey Bartholomew and Ray Rossi:
:*
Craig Carton
Craig Harris Carton (born January 31, 1969) is an American radio and television personality. He is the co-host of the ''Carton and Roberts'' sports radio program on WFAN (AM) in New York City, and is seen nationally on Fox Sports 1 as host of '' ...
, the former ''Jersey Guys'', later co-host of ''
Boomer and Carton in the Morning
''Boomer and Gio'' (previously ''Boomer and Carton'' from 2007–2017 and ''The Morning Show with Boomer'' in 2017) is a morning drive sports radio program on WFAN-AM and WFAN-FM in New York City. It is hosted by former National Football League ...
'' at
WFAN
WFAN (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, carrying a sports radio format known as "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan". Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station serves the New York metropolitan area while ...
in New York and
CBS Sports Network
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:*''Casey and Rossi'' (Casey Bartholomew's second stint with NJ 101.5 lasted from 2007–2011 as a ''Jersey Guy'' along with
Ray Rossi after
Craig Carton
Craig Harris Carton (born January 31, 1969) is an American radio and television personality. He is the co-host of the ''Carton and Roberts'' sports radio program on WFAN (AM) in New York City, and is seen nationally on Fox Sports 1 as host of '' ...
's departure in 2007).
References
External links
WKXW official website*
{{Townsquare Media
Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Ewing Township, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
KXW
News and talk radio stations in the United States
Oldies radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1962
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