WDIS

WDIS
Broadcast areaGreater Boston
Frequency1170 kHz
Ownership
Owner
  • Albert E. Grady, Esq.
  • (Discussion Radio, Incorporated)
History
First air date
March 7, 1978
(46 years ago) (1978-03-07)
Last air date
June 13, 2014
(10 years ago) (2014-06-13)
Former call signs
  • WJMQ (1978–82)
  • WJCC (1982–93)
Call sign meaning
"Discussion"
Technical information
Facility ID16977
ClassD
Power1,000 watts (day)
Transmitter coordinates
42°5′32.4″N 71°18′11.2″W / 42.092333°N 71.303111°W / 42.092333; -71.303111

WDIS (1170 AM) was a radio station licensed to Norfolk, Massachusetts. It served the suburban communities south of Boston and north of Providence, Rhode Island. It had a daytime-only 1,000-watt signal[1] that reached as far west as Worcester, Massachusetts, giving it a coverage area of almost a half-million people.[2] As of June 13, 2014, WDIS was silent.[3] The FCC cancelled the license and deleted the call sign for WDIS on October 13, 2015.[4]

  1. ^ "WDIS-AM: Radio Station Information Page : Radio-Locator". Theodoric Technologies LLC. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  2. ^ "Advertising & Sponsorships: WDIS AM 1170". Discussion Radio, Inc. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  3. ^ WDIS's page in the FCC's Consolidated Data Base Service
  4. ^ http://www.fybush.com/nerw-20151019/ NERW 10/19/15: Billions at Stake in Spectrum Auction