WDIS
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| City of license | Norfolk, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Slogan | "Our Talk is on the Money" |
| Frequency | 1170 kHz |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Power | 1,000 watts day |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 16977 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°5′32.00″N 71°18′13.00″W / 42.09222°N 71.30361°W |
| Callsign meaning | W DIScussion |
| Affiliations | Business Talk Radio, Fox News Radio |
| Owner | Albert E. Grady, Esq. |
| Website | wdisam.com |
WDIS (AM 1170) is a radio station licensed to Norfolk, Massachusetts. Primarily a news and talk station, it is also the flagship radio station of many high school sports programs in the Norfolk area. It serves the suburban communities south of Boston, MA and north of Providence, RI. It has a daytime-only 1000-watt signal[1] that reaches as far west as Worcester, Mass., giving it a coverage area of almost half a million people.[2]
WDIS dates to March 1978, when John Quinlan, a former Massachusetts state legislator, obtained a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast on AM 1170 with the call sign WJMQ. The studio was, and still is, located on Pond Street, or Route 115, near Norfolk center.
During the 1980s, the station experienced an ownership change and changed its call letters to WJCC.
In 1990, it once again changed ownership, to Brockton, MA-based Discussion Radio, Inc. and again changed its call letters, to WDIS.[3]
The station mainly airs satellite programming, including conservative radio talk show hosts Brian Kilmeade, Andrew Napolitano, and Neil Cavuto from Fox News Radio, and Mike Gallagher and Bill Bennett. However, the station also airs local programming that is produced in studio[4].
New England broadcast notables like Janet Jeghelien, Dick Sinnott, and Gene Lavanchy have all been employed at WJCC over the years. The station is still functioning at full power.
Sports
In recent years, WDIS has focused on local sports programming. In 2007, they aired Tri-County Cougar home football games at the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School in Franklin, Massachusetts. In 2008, they became the flagship radio station of the Walpole High School Rebels football team, broadcasting games on the internet as well as over the air.[5] The Walpole Rebels went on to win the Super Bowl in 2008, concluding an undefeated year.
In 2008, WDIS also announced that they would begin airing all King Philip High School Boys Basketball games[6], trying to help revive a basketball program that had two consecutive no-win seasons.[7]
In 2009, WDIS debuted a new 2-hour Saturday sports talk show.[8]
References
- ^ "WDIS-AM: Radio Station Information Page : Radio-Locator". Theodoric Technologies LLC. http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/info?call=WDIS&service=AM. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
- ^ "Advertising & Sponsorships: WDIS AM 1170". Discussion Radio, Inc.. http://www.wdisam.com/advertise/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28.[dead link]
- ^ "About Us: WDIS AM 1170". Discussion Radio, Inc.. http://www.wdisam.com/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28.[dead link]
- ^ "Schedule of Programs: WDIS AM 1170". Discussion Radio, Inc.. http://www.wdisam.com/schedule.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28.[dead link]
- ^ "Walpole High School Football on WDIS AM 1170". Discussion Radio, Inc.. http://www.wdisam.com/whsfootball/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-28.[dead link]
- ^ "King Philip Basketball comes to WDIS". Discussion Radio, Inc.. http://www.wdisam.com/kingphilip.html. Retrieved 2008-12-07.[dead link]
- ^ "McInnis moves on as basketball coach". The Weston Town Crier. http://www.wickedlocal.com/weston/archive/x1470891115/McInnis-moves-on-as-basketball-coach. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ^ "The Sports Roundtable". Discussion Radio, Inc.. http://www.wdisam.com/shows/sports. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
External links
- WDISAM.com
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WDIS
- Radio-Locator Information on WDIS
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WDIS
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