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ERP
  
50,000 watts

Class
  
B

Frequency
  
97.3 MHz, Channel 247

Format
  
World music

Area
  
Providence, South Coast

First air date
  
February 22, 1949

HAAT
  
152 meters (499 feet)

Facility ID
  
18720

City of license
  
New Bedford

Owner
  
WJFD-FM, Inc_

Branding
  
WJFD


Broadcast area
  
South Coast Massachusetts/Providence, Rhode Island

Former callsigns
  
WBSM-FM (1950-1972) WGCY (1972-1975)

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WJFD-FM (97.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve New Bedford, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Henry M. Arruda through WJFD-FM, Inc. The station's studio is located in New Bedford and its transmitter is located in Fairhaven. It airs a Portuguese language Portuguese and World Music format.

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History

On June 23, 1975, WJFD-FM entered the air waves to carry on a Portuguese language radio format that already existed on an increasingly active basis on the 97.3 FM dial since approximately 1950, initially as WBSM-FM (1950-1972) then as WGCY-FM (1972-1975). The station was assigned the WJFD-FM call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on December 1, 1980. The station was previously owned by local prosecutor and politician Edmund Dinis from 1975 until his death on March 14, 2010 at age 85. On August 2, 2010, interest in the station was transferred to the late Dinis' close friend and business partner Henry M. Arruda. The station moved its studio from its historical downtown location on Union Street, to the third floor of the Howland Place professional building in the south end of New Bedford shortly after. In 2015 WJFD joined the iHeartRadio family of streaming radio stations, becoming the first and only Portuguese terrestrial radio station to join iHeartRadio.

References

WJFD-FM Wikipedia