WBLQ (AM)

WBLQ
City of license Westerly, Rhode Island
Broadcast area Southern Rhode Island, Southeastern Connecticut
Branding A.M. 1230 WBLQ
Slogan "Local News, Local People"
Frequency 1230 kHz in C-QUAM A.M. Stereo.
First air date 1949
Format Full Service
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 71722
Former callsigns WERI[1] (1949-1999)
WXNI (1999-2009)
Owner Christopher DiPaola
(DiPonti Communications)
Sister stations WSUB-LP
Website http://www.wblq.net/

WBLQ (1230 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Westerly, Rhode Island. The station is owned by Diponti Communications.

Contents

History

1940s

1949

WERI begins broadcasting on July 1 on 1230kc. with a power of 250 watts.

1960s

1968

WERI adds F.M. service with WERI-FM/103.7 (Channel 279) (today's WVEI-FM).

1990s

1999

After WERI was sold, the callsign was changed to WXNI on January 4.[1] As WXNI It aired a format of news and talk from National Public Radio.[2]

2000s

2007

In December an agreement was reached to sell WXNI to Diponti Communications for a reported $350,000.[3]

2009

Diponti Communications moved the local news and variety programming of WBLQ-LP (96.7 FM, Ashaway, Rhode Island) to WXNI's more powerful AM signal.[3] WXNI begins broadcasting in C-QUAM A.M. Stereo. WXNI changes call letters to WBLQ November 29th.

References

  1. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=71722&Callsign=WXNI. 
  2. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=am&callLetter=WXNI. 
  3. ^ a b Fybush, Scott (2007-12-24). "WAMC Backs Down in Noncomm Fight". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2007/071224/nerw.html#ri. 

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