Shortly before sign-on, they were able to purchase the financially and legally troubled easy listening music outlet WJUX, which added another full power radio station on 99.7 FM and two translators on 103.1 and 94.3, increasing the potential coverage to over 6.5 million people, and enabling them to reach a good part of New York City.
Bridge FM holds "BridgeFest", an annual two-day music festival every summer in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, which features headline acts from notable Contemporary Christian music acts, as well as teachings, vendors, crafts, as well as surfing clinics and events.
[3] WJUX 103.1 from 1993 to 2004 was known as "Jukebox Radio" and originally played Traditional Big Band Music in 1993 before evolving to more of an adult standards format by 1995.
Originally licensed as a Non-Commercial station "Jukebox Radio" hit the air on March 5, 1993, on low power station 103.1 FM with DJs Lee Martin (Morning and Afternoon Drive), Matthew Borzi (Mid-days) and Larry Hopper (Evenings).
Jukebox radio's music was originally a blend of traditional adult standards and big bands from the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.
Core artists originally included Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Mills Brothers, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Andrews Sisters, Artie Shaw, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, and others.
In 1994, more easy listening artists such as Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Lettermen, Perry Como, Jerry Vale, pre-1970 Barbra Streisand, and others were added and Jukebox began playing more of the 1960s non rock songs but no baby boomer pop just yet.
In 1995, Jukebox Radio began mixing in baby boomer pop artists like Elvis Presley, Beatles, Neil Diamond, Carpenters, James Taylor, and others.