City of license | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Branding | Shine Radio 1220AM |
Frequency | 1220 kHz |
Format | Christian |
Power | 1000 watts (day) 166 watts (night) |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 9183 |
Callsign meaning | We Shine The Light |
Former callsigns | WRIB[1] |
Owner | Faith Christian Center (New England Christian Media, Inc.) |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | http://www.shineradio.us/ |
WSTL (1220 AM, "Shine Radio 1220AM") is a radio station licensed to serve Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by New England Christian Media, a subsidiary of Faith Christian Center, a large charismatic church in nearby Seekonk, Massachusetts. It airs a Christian radio format.[2]
The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since July 7, 2006.[1]
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The station was started as a 250-watt daytimer, WRIB with studios at the old Narragansett Hotel.
WRIB increases its daytime power to the current 1 kilowatt. It was still a daytime-only station at this point.
Faith Christian Center bought WRIB & changed its format and callsign. The station was abruptly taken off air at 12:30 on July 7, angering many of WRIB's former time brokers. Some shows continue on other stations (e.g.: the Armenian Radio Hour is now on WARL) but others disappeared.
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