WDIS

WDIS (AM 1170) was a radio station licensed to Norfolk, Massachusetts. It served the suburban communities south of Boston and north of Providence, Rhode Island. It had a daytime-only 1,000-watt signal that reached as far west as Worcester, Mass., giving it a coverage area of almost a half-million people. As of June 13, 2014, WDIS is silent. The FCC cancelled the license and deleted the call sign for WDIS on October 13, 2015.

WDIS history

1970s

WDIS began as a construction permit applied for on January 16, 1976 as a 500-watt station by John Quinlan, a former Massachusetts state legislator. Quinlan obtained a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast on 1170 kHz with the call sign WJMQ on March 7, 1978. The studio was located on Pond Street (Route 115) near Norfolk center. WJMQ applied for an increase in power to 1kW on June 7, 1978. The power increase was completed & a license to cover was applied for on January 19, 1979. That license was granted on July 30, 1979.