TPR acquired the license in 2021 from Portsmouth Abbey School, a Benedictine institution, which had established it as a classical music station under the WJHD call letters in 1972. After nearly 50 years, the station was taken off the air in 2021 and the license sold.
It is currently operating at low power under Special Temporary Authority from the FCC as TPR seeks to relocate to a new transmitter site off the Portsmouth Abbey School campus.
WJHD—named for John Hugh Diman, the founder of the Portsmouth Abbey School[1]—first went into service in early 1972, using only a 10-watt RCA BTE-10C exciter and transmitter, two AR turntables, and a Shure mixer. Father Geoffrey Chase served as the station trustee during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In 1981, the station was approved to increase its effective radiated power to 360 watts.[2] During most of those years, the station was operational only nights and weekends, playing classical music.[citation needed]
In 1999, Father Edmund assumed responsibility for managing the staff and setting the operating hours. Debuting "The Blue Monk," Edmund's show played requests for faculty, parents, and members of the Rhode Island State Police who were listening while on patrol.[citation needed]
Portsmouth Abbey School opted to remove terrestrial broadcasting from its curriculum in 2021. It surrendered WJHD's license to the Federal Communications Commission on August 16, 2021; it was cancelled the same day.[3] Later, in early September 2021, Portsmouth Abbey School rescinded its request, and the license was restored. The Public's Radio then purchased WJHD for $7,500 effective November 23, 2021.[4] An application is pending to relocate the transmitter site from the school and to new facilities in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, increasing coverage in the southern portion of the state; the WJHD call sign was changed to WNPK on January 4, 2022.
On December 8, 2022, the station's call sign was changed again, this time to WNPH.
wnph, commercial, educational, radio, station, licensed, portsmouth, rhode, island, united, states, serving, aquidneck, island, area, station, owned, public, radio, statewide, member, station, rhode, island, through, licensee, rhode, island, public, radio, cur. WNPH 90 7 FM is a non commercial educational radio station licensed to Portsmouth Rhode Island United States serving the Aquidneck Island area The station is owned by The Public s Radio TPR the statewide NPR member station for Rhode Island through licensee Rhode Island Public Radio WNPHCurrently silentPortsmouth Rhode IslandBroadcast areaNewport Rhode IslandFrequency90 7 MHzOwnershipOwnerThe Public s Radio Rhode Island Public Radio HistoryFirst air date1972 51 years ago 1972 Former call signsWJHD 1971 2022 WNPK 2022 Technical informationFacility ID53078ClassAERP360 wattsHAAT24 metersTransmitter coordinates41 36 6 00 N 71 16 20 00 W 41 6016667 N 71 2722222 W 41 6016667 71 2722222TPR acquired the license in 2021 from Portsmouth Abbey School a Benedictine institution which had established it as a classical music station under the WJHD call letters in 1972 After nearly 50 years the station was taken off the air in 2021 and the license sold It is currently operating at low power under Special Temporary Authority from the FCC as TPR seeks to relocate to a new transmitter site off the Portsmouth Abbey School campus Contents 1 History 2 Notable WJHD alumni 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditWJHD named for John Hugh Diman the founder of the Portsmouth Abbey School 1 first went into service in early 1972 using only a 10 watt RCA BTE 10C exciter and transmitter two AR turntables and a Shure mixer Father Geoffrey Chase served as the station trustee during the 1970s 1980s and 1990s In 1981 the station was approved to increase its effective radiated power to 360 watts 2 During most of those years the station was operational only nights and weekends playing classical music citation needed In 1999 Father Edmund assumed responsibility for managing the staff and setting the operating hours Debuting The Blue Monk Edmund s show played requests for faculty parents and members of the Rhode Island State Police who were listening while on patrol citation needed Portsmouth Abbey School opted to remove terrestrial broadcasting from its curriculum in 2021 It surrendered WJHD s license to the Federal Communications Commission on August 16 2021 it was cancelled the same day 3 Later in early September 2021 Portsmouth Abbey School rescinded its request and the license was restored The Public s Radio then purchased WJHD for 7 500 effective November 23 2021 4 An application is pending to relocate the transmitter site from the school and to new facilities in South Kingstown Rhode Island increasing coverage in the southern portion of the state the WJHD call sign was changed to WNPK on January 4 2022 On December 8 2022 the station s call sign was changed again this time to WNPH Notable WJHD alumni EditTom Winter reporter for NBC News 5 References Edit Student Station Honors Educator s Ideals Newport Daily News March 1 1972 p 21 Retrieved August 22 2021 FCC History Cards for WNPH Venta Lance August 22 2021 FCC Report 8 22 Madison AMs Plan To Diplex RadioInsight Retrieved August 22 2021 Venta Lance October 1 2021 Station Sales Week Of 10 1 RadioInsight Retrieved January 10 2022 Support the Portsmouth Abbey Journey portsmouthabbey org Retrieved August 22 2021 External links EditWNPH in the FCC FM station database WNPH on Radio Locator WNPH in Nielsen Audio s FM station database This article about a radio station in Rhode Island is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WNPH amp oldid 1132470648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
