Bittner purchased the 740 AM frequency at auction in 1991 and launched WJIB the next year ... and to improve reception for the FM transmitter, which is difficult to pick up much beyond Route ...

WJIB is a Class D station operating on 740 kHz. Based in Cambridge ... John Garabedian, left, and engineer Grady Moates at the WJIB transmitter site during inspection earlier this month. (Courtesy ...

BOSTON - Bob Bittner, longtime local radio personality and owner of WJIB 740 AM in Cambridge, died on Friday. Ben Ewen-Campen, Somerville City Council President, tweeted the news on Friday night.

Back when people still drove Ramblers and DeSotos and Oldsmobiles, the easy-listening music of Cambridge AM radio station WJIB was standard fare. These days, when you tune to AM 740 and Sinatra ...