WXNI

WXNI
City North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
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 / 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]

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]

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