WHJY

WHJY
City Providence, Rhode Island
Broadcast area Providence metropolitan area
Branding 94HJY
Slogan "The Home of Rock & Roll"
Frequency 94.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
94.1-2 FM Alternative Rock (HD Radio)
First air date March 14, 1966
Format Mainstream rock
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 139 meters
Class B
Facility ID 72298
Transmitter coordinates 41º49'40"N, 71º22'9"W
Callsign meaning JoY (former format).
Former callsigns WHIM-FM (1966-1978)[1][2]
Affiliations Premium Choice
iHeartRadio
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations WHJJ, WSNE-FM, WWBB
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.94hjy.com

WHJY is a commercial radio station in Providence, Rhode Island owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. that broadcasts at 94.1 MHz (Channel 231). WHJY plays classic and mainstream rock, and has been doing so since September 4, 1981. Its broadcast center, along with its sister stations, is at 75 Oxford Street, just west of Interstate 95 in Providence, and its transmitter is located at 115 Eastern Avenue in East Providence. (The station's studio is located on the northeast corner of the building, facing I-95, and is sometimes referred to by DJs as "the Ghetto Penthouse.") WHJY transmits HD Radio[3] with the HD2 airing iHeartMedia's "The Alternative Project"[4][5][6]

Current Disc Jockeys

The station also plays several weekly shows, including The House of Hair with Dee Snider, & Nikki Sixx.

History

WHJY signed on March 14, 1966 as WHIM-FM, simulcasting 1110/WHIM, a country music station. The WHIM simulcast lasted through the 1970s until the FM station broke with the AM and became WHJY, "Joy 94", a beautiful music/easy listening station. At Midnight on September 4, 1981, the station flipped to album rock (the first station of its kind in the market), branded as "94 HJY". The first song on "94 HJY" was "Fire Down Below" by Bob Seger. Over the years, the station gradually shifted to its current format.

WHJY and The Station Night Club Fire

WHJY was not the sponsor of the Great White concert at the Station Night Club in West Warwick, Rhode Island on February 20, 2003, but they promoted the event with DJ Michael "Doctor Metal" Gonsalves as emcee. A pyrotechnics display triggered a massive fire, killing Gonsalves and 99 other people and destroying the club. In Gonsalves' memory, the radio station has set up "The Doc Fund," a scholarship with Rhode Island College (his alma mater) to support the victims and families of those affected who attend the school.

Technical

WHJY transmits a 50,000 watt signal from a 550-foot tower[10] at the end of Eastern Avenue in East Providence, RI. WHJY and WBRU are combined into an Electronics Research Inc. (ERI) SHPX-4BC, 4 bay FM antenna at the top of the tower.[11] The tower is also used as part of the WPMZ AM array, which has a skirt on the tall FM tower, and a shorter, second tower, at the same location.[12] WHJY transmits an HD Radio digital signal from this transmitter site as well, and has been since 2006.[13]

WHJY-HD2

Previously WHJY-HD2 airs iHeartMedia's "The Alternative Project".[14][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ 1978 Broadcasting Yearbook showing WHIM-FM on page C-192.
  2. ↑ 1979 Broadcasting Yearbook showing WHJY on page C-194.
  3. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1132723
  4. ↑ http://www.iheartradio.com/mediaplayer/?station=IHM-IP&action=listenlive&stream_id=4390&channel_title=The%20Alternative%20Project
  5. ↑ http://www.whjy.com/cc-common/hdradio/
  6. ↑ http://radiotime.com/region/c_100505/Rhode_Island.aspx
  7. ↑ http://www.94hjy.com/pages/DougPalmieri.html
  8. ↑ http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/061120/nerw.html
  9. ↑ http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/116493/matt-battle-joins-wip-as-commercial-production-dir
  10. ↑ http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProASRLookup.php?tabSearchType=ASR+Search&sASR=1022392&HorizAMSL=170&CallLetters=WHJY
  11. ↑ http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProFacLookup.php?sCurrentService=FM&sKilometers=.1&sLatitude=41-49-40.0&sLongitude=71-22-7.0&tabSearchType=Within+Search
  12. ↑ http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=AM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=40099&sHours=D
  13. ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1132723
  14. ↑ http://www.iheartradio.com/mediaplayer/?station=IHM-IP&action=listenlive&stream_id=4390&channel_title=The%20Alternative%20Project
  15. ↑ http://www.whjy.com/cc-common/hdradio/
  16. ↑ http://radiotime.com/region/c_100505/Rhode_Island.aspx

External links

Coordinates: 41°49′40″N 71°22′9″W / 41.82778°N 71.36917°W / 41.82778; -71.36917

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