WMSJ

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WMSJ
Broadcast area Portland, Maine
Frequency 89.3MHz
Programming
Format Contemporary Christian music
Network K-Love
Ownership
Owner Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date
November 29, 1997 (1997-11-29)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 17483
Class B
ERP 14,000 watts
HAAT 186 meters (610 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 43°45′47″N70°19′26″W / 43.763°N 70.324°W / 43.763; -70.324
Translator 99.9 W260AS (Lawrence, Massachusetts)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website klove.com

WMSJ (89.3 FM) is a noncommercial educational radio station licensed to Freeport, Maine, United States, and serving the Portland area. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation, it features contemporary Christian music as part of the K-Love network. [2] WMSJ's programming is also heard on a translator in Lawrence, Massachusetts, W260AS (99.9 FM).

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History

The 89.3 FM facility signed on November 29, 1997. [3] WMSJ's programming had originated in July 1993 on 91.9 FM in Harpswell; [3] after 89.3 went on the air, the 91.9 frequency was sold to the Bible Broadcasting Network and became WYFP. [4] Originally known as "Joy 89.3," the station rebranded to "Positive 89.3" in July 2005. [5] W260AS in Lawrence signed on in February 2008. [6]

By September 2010, the station's owner, The Positive Radio Network, shared several board members with Bethesda Christian Broadcasting, another operator of religious radio stations; [7] the following year, WMSJ was transferred to Bethesda. [8] [9] In January 2015, Bethesda Christian Broadcasting reached a deal to sell WMSJ to Educational Media Foundation; the sale closed on June 10, 2015, at a purchase price of $925,000, at which point the station joined EMF's K-Love network. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WMSJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 EMF Acquires Positive FM RadioINSIGHT, January 12, 2015
  3. 1 2 "History". Positive FM. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Fybush, Scott (December 25, 1997). "New FM In Buffalo". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "HisAir.net NewsChannel". July 12, 2005. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Fybush, Scott (February 4, 2008). "It's "Classic Alternative" at WBOS". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 21, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 18, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 10, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2015.


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