WXNI

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WXNI
City North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
(to be Newport, Rhode Island)
Broadcast area South Coast (Massachusetts) and eastern Rhode Island
Frequency 89.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date Early 1970s
Format News/Talk
ERP 9,600 watts
HAAT 93.0 meters
Class B1
Facility ID 163899
Transmitter coordinates 41°37′43.00″N71°0′24.00″W / 41.6286111°N 71.0066667°W / 41.6286111; -71.0066667
Former callsigns WUMD (2005-2017)
Owner Rhode Island Public Radio

WXNI (89.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States, the station is owned by Rhode Island Public Radio. [1]

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is capable of better sound quality than AM broadcasting, the chief competing radio broadcasting technology, so it is used for most music broadcasts. Theoretically wideband AM can offer equally good sound quality, provided the reception conditions are ideal. FM radio stations use the VHF frequencies. The term "FM band" describes the frequency band in a given country which is dedicated to FM broadcasting.

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History

The station began with 10 watts of power on 91.1 MHz/Channel 216 as WUSM in the early 1970s. Its first studio was in the cafeteria basement. In the fall of 1974, WUSM moved it studio to the campus center and increased power. It remained a student-programmed station throughout the next 3 decades. The call letters changed to WSMU-FM in 1989. In June 2006, UMass Dartmouth sold the 91.1 frequency to the Educational Media Foundation; the programming that had been on WSMU-FM then moved to a new UMass Dartmouth-owned station, WUMD, on 89.3 MHz/Channel 207.

Educational Media Foundation non-profit organisation in the USA

Educational Media Foundation is an American nonprofit organization that operates radio networks broadcasting contemporary Christian music, including Air1 and K-Love. EMF is based in Rocklin, California, a suburb of Sacramento, California.

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is one of five campuses and operating subdivisions of the University of Massachusetts. It is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States, in the center of the South Coast region, between the cities of New Bedford to the east and Fall River to the west. Formerly Southeastern Massachusetts University, it was merged into the University of Massachusetts system in 1991.

Sale to Rhode Island Public Radio

On January 4, 2017, it was announced that UMass Dartmouth was selling WUMD to Rhode Island Public Radio for $1.5 million & $617,100 worth of underwriting for 10 years. RIPR intended to move WUMD to Tiverton, Rhode Island to simulcast its programming. [2] The FCC approved the transfer of the station license on May 1, 2017. [3] WUMD signed off for the final time at noon on June 26, 2017 following the consummation of the purchase. [4] Rhode Island Public Radio was scheduled to begin broadcasting on 89.3 from a new tower in Tiverton, Rhode Island at 12:01 P.M. on June 26, 2017. [5] RIPR also plans to move the station's license to Newport, Rhode Island.

Tiverton, Rhode Island Town in Rhode Island, United States

Tiverton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 15,780 at the 2010 census.

Newport, Rhode Island City in Rhode Island, United States

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, located approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 73 miles (117 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City. It is known as a New England summer resort and is famous for its historic mansions and its rich sailing history. It was the location of the first U.S. Open tournaments in both tennis and golf, as well as every challenge to the America's Cup between 1930 and 1983. It is also the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport, which houses the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and an important Navy training center. It was a major 18th-century port city and also contains a high number of buildings from the Colonial era.

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References

  1. ↑ "WXNI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ WUMD press release about WUMD being sold: January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "UMass Dartmouth and Rhode Island Public Radio enter final stage of license transfer" (Press release). University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Office of Public Affairs. May 26, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  4. ↑ South Coast Today. "After 42 years, WUMD has its final FM show"; June 26, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ Providence Journal; June 25, 2017 "WUMD-FM to go off air Monday as part of purchase with RI Public Radio". Retrieved June 27, 2017.


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