WALE (Rhode Island)

WALE
Broadcast areaProvidence, Rhode Island
Frequency990 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
AffiliationsABC News Now
Ownership
OwnerCumbre Communications Corp.
History
First air date
April 12, 1961
Last air date
August 18, 2010
Former call signs
  • WLKW (1961–1987)
  • WEAN (1987–1989)[1]
Call sign meaning
Whaling City (calls began on 1400 AM in Fall River, Massachusetts)
Technical information
Facility ID49128
ClassB
Power
  • 50,000 watts (day)
  • 5,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
41°57′18″N 71°35′39″W / 41.95500°N 71.59417°W / 41.95500; -71.59417

WALE (990 AM) was a radio station licensed to the community of Greenville, Rhode Island, and serving the Providence, Rhode Island, area. The station was last owned by Cumbre Communications Corp. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the station's license was deleted on April 1, 2014.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fcc1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ F.C.C.'s daily releases-April 1, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.