The Hidabroot radio station, which formerly broadcast in various areas of Brooklyn, NY, has been closed down by the Federal Communications Commission.
Details of the shut down have not been released to the public, but the station, also known as JRoot, will continue to broadcast on its website, http://jrouteradio.com/, and at its hotline numbers, 712.432.4217 and 718.506.9099.
The station, whose studio was located on Quentin Road in Flatbush, features Jewish music and entertaining programs and hosts, including Rabbi Yosef Wikler on kashrus, Elchonon Hamada, Mordechai Weinberger, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Schwab, Rabbi Yitzy Erps, Yoely Kar, and others.
To contact the station studio, call 718.683.5858. Text the studio at 347.927.839. You can assist the station by contributing through Paypal here.
{Gavriel Sitrit-Matzav.com Newscenter}
this sux i loved them
What a Wonderful station! I will miss it.
This is a terrible loss for our community. We finally had a Station filled with Harbatzas Torah & Kosher music. Reb Nissin is an emessdika Yiras Shomayim who is trying to help the Frum community. Its too bad that people who were jealous, went ahead and were maaser on them.
Why?
Wow. I feel terrible about it. I gained so much from this radio station. I stopped listening to 1010, rush etc. because I had Jroot. I can only imagine that it helped so many others.
Chaval.
its sad to believe that a Jew was behind and took part of shutting down jroot radio.
We must do all we can to put it back
In service
They do tremendous work in harbatzas torah
it was the best radio station ever it hellped so many jews
What reasons were given for this shutdown?
It is even sadder that those with no knowledge of the situation are quick to conclude that other Jews slandered the station.
Terrible loss. Was a great place to hear Jewish music and Torah while in the car. Hope it gets back on.
THIS IS A REAL SHAME GREAT STATION 24 HRS MUSIC NORMAL MUSIC NOT LADIES SINGING AND IDIODIC INTERVIEWS
GREAT LECTURES LIKE RABBI YOSEF MIZRACHI
I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN ABOUT THIS RABBI IF NOT FOR THIS STATION
PLEASE POST WHAT THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN DO TO HELP THIS STATION
every time I drive into Brooklyn it gets turned on. what a loss.
perhaps its time for us to make for it, by doing ACTUAL learning instead of listening to shiurim & music, perhaps this will be a zchus for it to be turned back on.
How much time over Pesach do YOU take upon yourself of EXTRA learning in the zchus that Jroot should be turned back on?
How is Lakewood Radio (Kol Berama, WMDI, 107.9) been so successful? When stores in town and other orginizations give money to the station, as the station has slots throughout the day for sponsorships. The same thing needs to be done here in Brooklyn as well. It should be a CHIYUV for every store to give a sponsorship to JROOT radio and in turn JROOT should to slots of sponsorships like Lakewood does. I really hope people should get involved, askanim should also as well, and hopefully we will be hearing this station again very soon. They can be called WJRT for JROOT. What do you think of this idea? Let me hear from you.
are they going to reopen?
I urge others to be careful not to reward mossers.
This is very sad.
another great online radio is the new: http://www.chazaqradio.com/
Im Yirtzeh Hashem by Matzav
its back up
I loved it bh it’s back on for today but I wish it was for good
It’s on just for today I wish it was for ever -I loved it
how do you know its only on for today?
It seems like it’s back on the air for good. They may have gotten their license from the FCC, or worked out a deal with WALK-FM.
What’s on 97.5 is not j root (I know this because if you call up712432-4217you don’t hear what’s on the air and classic nigunim with Elchanan Hamada was on on phone not 97.5)