WSTL

WSTL
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Branding	Shine Radio 1220AM
Frequency	1220 kHz
Translator(s)	W229AN/93.7
First air date	1947
Format	Christian
Power	1,000 watts (day) 166 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	9183
Transmitter coordinates	41°49′15″N 71°23′07″W / 41.82083°N 71.38528°W / 41.82083; -71.38528
Callsign meaning	We Shine The Light
Former callsigns	WRIB^[1]
Owner	Faith Christian Center (New England Christian Media, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	http://www.shineradio.us/

WSTL (1220 AM, "Shine Radio 1220AM") is a radio station licensed to serve Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by New England Christian Media, a subsidiary of Faith Christian Center, a large charismatic church in nearby Seekonk, Massachusetts. It airs a Christian radio format.^[2]

The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since July 7, 2006.^[1]

History

1940s

1947

The station was started as a 250-watt daytimer, WRIB with studios at the old Narragansett Hotel.

1950s

1952

WRIB increases its daytime power to the current 1 kilowatt. It was still a daytime-only station at this point.

2000s

2006

Faith Christian Center bought WRIB & changed its format and callsign. The station was abruptly taken off air at 12:30 on July 7, angering many of WRIB's former time brokers.^[3] Some shows continue on other stations (e.g.: the Armenian Radio Hour is now on WARA) but others disappeared.

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ Providence Journal story from September 9, 2006

External links

WSTL official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WSTL

Radio-Locator Information on WSTL

Radio stations in the Providence–Warwick–Pawtucket, Rhode Island market

By AM frequency	550 630 790 920 1110 1220 1240 1290 1320 1380 1450 1590 1630

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 90.3 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 95.1 95.5 96.5 97.3¹ 98.1¹ 99.7 100.3¹ 101.5 103.7 104.7 105.1 106.3

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4

Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	93.3-1 93.3-2 93.3-3 94.1-1 94.1-2 98.1-1 102.7-1 102.7-2

By callsign	WARA WARV WBRU WCTK WCVY WDOM WEAN-FM WELH WHJJ WHJY WIGV-LP WJFD-FM WJMF WKKB WLKW WNRI WOON WPMZ WPQB669 WPRO WPRO-FM WPRV WQRI WRIU WRNI WSJW WSNE-FM WSTL WVEI-FM WWBB WWKX WWLI WWRI-LP WXJ39 W229AN W284BA

Defunct stations	WALE/990 WHIM Country WKFD/1370 WFCI/1420 WPTL/90.9, 91.5 WRJI/91.5 WLOV/99.9 WLIV/107.7

Nearby radio markets Boston New Bedford–Fall River New London Newport Worcester See also List of radio stations in Rhode Island ¹ station that is in the New Bedford market or Newport market but focuses on Providence.

Religious radio stations in the state of Rhode Island

By frequency:	550 1220/93.7 1590 88.1 91.1 96.5 104.7

By Callsign	WARV WIGV-LP WKIV WSJW WSTL WXEV W229AN W284BA

By City	Bradford Pawtucket Providence Providence Warwick Warwick Westerly

Defunct	WRJI/91.5: East Greenwich

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Rhode Island See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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