WROL

WROL
Broadcast areaGreater Boston
Frequency950 kHz
BrandingAM 950 WROL
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatChristian radio
AffiliationsSalem Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
WEZE
History
FoundedJanuary 29, 1927 (1927-01-29)[1]
First air date
October 8, 1950 (1950-10-08)[2]
Former call signs
  • WBSO (1927–35)
  • WORL (1935–49; 1950–66)
  • WRYT (1966–78)
Former frequencies
  • 1240 kHz (1927)
  • 780 kHz (1927–29)
  • 920 kHz (1929–41)[1]
Call sign meaning
Similar to former WORL calls currently being used at its sister station in Orlando
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9139
ClassD
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 90 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
42°26′9.35″N 70°59′33.16″W / 42.4359306°N 70.9925444°W / 42.4359306; -70.9925444 (WROL)
Translator(s)100.3 W262CV (Boston)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitewrolradio.com

WROL (950 AM) is a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Salem Media Group. Most of WROL's programming is religious including local ministers as well as national radio hosts such as Dr. Charles Stanley, Jay Sekulow and Eric Metaxas. Former WBZ-TV news anchor-turned-minister Liz Walker also has a program on the station. WROL also airs several Irish music blocks on weekends, including the Irish Hit Parade on Saturdays and A Feast of Irish Music on Sundays.

WROL operates with 5000 watts by day but must reduce power to 90 watts at night to protect other stations on 950 kHz. WROL uses a non-directional transmitter located off Route 107 in the Rumney Marsh Reservation in Saugus, Massachusetts. WROL is one of two religious formatted radio stations in the Boston media market owned by Salem Communications; WEZE is the other.

  1. ^ a b Halper, Donna; Wollman, Garrett. "The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: The First Fifteen Years". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
  2. ^ Halper, Donna; Wollman, Garrett. "The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: the 1950s". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WROL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.