WXNI
City | North Dartmouth, Massachusetts |
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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″N 71°0′24.00″W / 41.6286111°N 71.0066667°W |
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]
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.
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.[4] Rhode Island Public Radio was scheduled to begin broadcasting on 89.3 from a construction permit at Tiverton, Rhode Island at 12:01 P.M. on June 26, 2017.[5]
Previous logo
References
- ↑ "WXNI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ WUMD press release about WUMD being sold: January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ South Coast Today. "After 42 years, WUMD has its final FM show"; June 26, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ↑ Providence Journal; June 25, 2017 "WUMD-FM to go off air Monday as part of purchase with RI Public Radio". Retrieved June 27, 2017.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXNI
- Radio-Locator information on WXNI
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WXNI