WRNP
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City of license | Attleboro, Massachusetts |
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Broadcast area | Providence, Rhode Island |
Frequency | 1320 kHz |
First air date | October 8, 1950 |
Format | Brokered Time/Talk |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 65197 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°57′33″N 71°19′37″W / 41.95917°N 71.32694°W |
Former callsigns |
WARA (1950–April 17, 1998) WJYT (April 17, 1998–December 6, 2000) WARL (December 6, 2000-April 13, 2014)[1] |
Owner | The ADD Radio Group, Inc |
Webcast | mms://stream1.systeminplace.net/warl |
Website | 1320warlradio.com |
WRNP (1320 AM) is a radio station in Attleboro, Massachusetts. While its transmitters are located in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, its studio is located in Providence, Rhode Island. Its received signal is good in the town its transmitter is in but it cannot be received well in parts of Providence.
History
1950s
1950
WARL began life as WARA on October 8, 1950. It was the local Attleboro radio station from then until 1998. Its original power was 1 kW.
1980s
Early-Mid 1980s
Day(s) | Times (Eastern) | Show Title | Show Host | Notes |
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Monday-Friday | Midnight-06:00 | Frank Belsky | ||
Monday-Friday | 06:00-09:00 | Larry Tocci | ||
Monday-Friday | 09:00-Noon | Dave Kane | ||
Monday-Friday | Noon-15:00 | Chuck Whalen | ||
Monday-Friday | 15:00-18:00 | Jeff Starr | ||
Monday-Thursday | 18:00-20:00 | Ron Struminski | Show simulcast on Inland Cable television channel 8 | |
Friday | 18:00-20:00 | Jeff Lowe | ||
Monday-Friday | 20:00-Midnight | Tom Rafferty | ||
Saturday | 10:00-14:00 | Frank O'Donnell | ||
Saturday | 14:00-18:00 | Rena Gordon | ||
Saturday | 20:00-Midnight | Jack Burns | Oldies program | |
Sunday | 14:00-18:00 | Scott Duncan | Also hosted a show listed as "Friday Midnight-6" but it is unknown if that means Friday morning or Friday night/Saturday morning | |
Sunday | 18:00-20:00 | Chris Baker | Request/dedication music show for older listeners | |
Sunday | 20:00-Midnight | Ron Santa | ||
1985-1987: power increase
WARA's owners applied for a power increase to its currently-authorized 5 kW day & night on September 24, 1985 (BP-19850924AF). The F.C.C. granted the increase on April Fools' Day 1986 with a license to cover being issued on September 25, 1987. Additionally, WARA changed ownership from Jerome Ottmar to James H., Peter H. & David J. Ottmar in 1986.
1990s
1995
WARA is talk radio as "Talk 1320" by this time. It is owned by Peter Ottmar's Back Bay Broadcasting, along with WPNW, WWKX & WBNW.
On July 31, 1995, WARA, now owned by Dr.Michele E. Merolla of Fairhaven Ma., began syndicating Coast to Coast AM hosted by Art Bell. Art held the East of the Rockies line open in the final half hour of the show to take calls from WARA listeners.
1998
WARA became Spanish-language WJYT. ADD Radio Group bought the station effective June 1.
2000s
2000–2002
WJYT changed calls to WARL on December 6, 2000.[1] As WARL, it has had many formats, which are detailed below. The first of these formats was "Web Access Radio Live"- a brokered time/internet T.V. hybrid.
2002–2003
WARL became easy listening with Norm Jagolinzer as host. Later that year the format changed from easy listening to urban as "Power 1320".
2003–2004
WARL changed formats again to all-conspiracy talk "Reality Radio 1320" (featuring programming from the Genesis Communications Network). The programming had been airing on WALE until its bankruptcy sale in May 2003.
2004–2006
WARL's format once again changes, this time to sports talk "1320 The Drive" programmed by Scott MacPherson as a companion to his Sports Journal newspaper. WARL was the Providence-area affiliate of Sporting News Radio from 2004–2006. It was the flagship station for the Providence Bruins Radio Network for the 2005–06 season.
2006–2009
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In September 2006 WARL changed again to new-age "Positive Energy Moving Forward." It dropped sports programming during this time.
2009
WARL added Boston College Eagles sports as well as Attleboro High School football.
2010s
2010
In May 2010, Jeff Santos, who bought time on WWZN in Boston to air progressive talk, announced on his show that they were buying time on WARL as well, in full force by May 31, 2010. Santos' show went off WARL in 2012.
2013
On May 6, 2013, WARL leased out much of its morning schedule (from 6 a.m. to noon) Mondays through Saturdays to Southeastern Massachusetts Broadcasting, which uses the time for talk shows and a radio classifieds program; these programs, branded SoMa 1320, are directed toward Bristol County, as opposed to the entire Providence market. The programming is being broadcast as six-month trial, which if successful may result in increased airtime for the SoMa programming.[3]
2014
On April 13, 2014, WARL changed its call sign to WRNP.
FCC issues
According to a filing with the FCC in early 2007, the station's transmitter facility was substantially damaged by vandals. The owner asserts that they have been unable to return the station to its licensed daytime power, even with 4 radio engineers and support from the transmitter equipment manufacturer. In April 2008, the FCC dismissed their request to extend the temporary authority to remain at reduced power.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ WARA contest entry form courtesy Jeff Starr
- ↑ Foster, Rick (April 30, 2013). "Local talk may return to WARL". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1232702
External links
- Official website
- SoMa 1320 website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WRNP
- Radio-Locator Information on WRNP
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WRNP
- IDs on Bostonradio.org include a 1995 WARA ID as "Talk 1320" & WARL from 2008
- WARA mention on WEZE's history page showing ownership structure in 1995
- WARA logo from the 1990s on this page
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