WKFD (defunct)

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WKFD has been used as a callsign twice in Rhode Island for 2 stations on the same frequency. The first was a station licensed to the village of Wickford. The second was a construction permit which never made it past that stage & was deleted on November 6, 2009.

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WKFD: Wickford (1961-2001)

DWKFD
City Wickford, Rhode Island
Broadcast area Providence-Warwick market
Branding Bay Radio
Frequency 1370 kc.
First air date 1961
Last air date July 29, 1998
Language(s) English
Power 250 watts day, 130 watts night
Class III-D, later D
Facility ID 2847
Callsign meaning WicKForD
Former callsigns WKFD (1961-June 1, 1979), WMYD (June 1, 1979-November 16, 1999), WKFD (November 16, 1999-November 2, 2001)
Former frequencies None
Owner Jerome Frederick Gaudet

WKFD was the callsign of an A.M. radio station which existed from 1961 until 2001 when its license was deleted [1] after being silent for 3 years (the station last broadcast on July 29, 1998). WKFD was licensed to the village of Wickford, Rhode Island. The station operated on 1370kc with a transmitter power of 250 watts daytime, 130 watts nighttime. Its transmitter was located at 19 Updike Avenue. The station was at one time owned by retired newscaster Lou Adler, who had previously broadcast on WCBS 880.

Wickford, Rhode Island village in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Wickford is a small village in the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, which is named after Wickford in Essex, England. Wickford is located on the west side of Narragansett Bay, just about a 20-minute drive across two bridges from Newport, Rhode Island. The village is built around one of the most well-protected natural harbors on the eastern seaboard, and features one of the largest collections of 18th century dwellings to be found anywhere in the northeast. Today the majority of the village's historic homes and buildings remain largely intact upon their original foundations.

Rhode Island State of the United States of America

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest state in area, the seventh least populous, the second most densely populated, and it has the longest official name of any state. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. It also shares a small maritime border with New York. Providence is the state capital and most populous city in Rhode Island.

Louis Charles Adler was an American radio journalist, director of Quinnipiac University's Ed McMahon Mass Communication Center, and also was Quinnipiac's Fred Friendly-endowed Professor of Broadcast Journalism.

WKFD: Charlestown (construction permit, 2006-2009)

DWKFD
City Charlestown, Rhode Island
Broadcast area South County, Rhode Island
Frequency 1370 kHz
First air date Never made it to air.
Power 2,500 watts (day)
5,000 watts (night)
Class B
Facility ID 161299
Transmitter coordinates 41°22′38″N71°39′50″W / 41.37722°N 71.66389°W / 41.37722; -71.66389
Callsign meaning Same as former occupant of 1370kc. in Rhode Island.
Former callsigns WKFD (January 11, 2007 [2] -November 6, 2009)
Owner Astro Tele-Communications Corp
Sister stations WADK, WJZS

The 1370 frequency was applied to be reactivated from Charlestown, Rhode Island with a daytime power of 2.5 kW & a nighttime power of 5 kW. This construction permit never made it on to the air & was deleted in November 2009. [3]

Charlestown, Rhode Island Town in Rhode Island, United States

Charlestown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 7,827 at the 2010 census.

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Search Details". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ "Station Search Details". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.


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