WSKP (1180

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) is an

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station licensed to Hope Valley, Rhode Island. The station is owned by John Fuller's Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation and airs an

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. WSKP operates as part of the "Kool Radio"

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, along with 990 WNTY in

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(near

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), and formerly with 1270 WACM in

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. WSKP is a

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AM station. By day, it broadcasts at 1,800 watts and at 1,000 watts during

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. As 1180 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WHAM in

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, WSKP must

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the air at night. Programming can still be heard around the clock on the HD3

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of 106.5

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in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, as well as

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s W282CB at 104.3 FM in Hope Valley and W283BW at 104.5 FM in

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History

The station signed on October 5, 1985, as WJJF, a

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station. It was started by John J. Fuller, now owner of Red Wolf Broadcasting. The "JJF" in the call reflected Fuller's initials. WJJF's studio and transmitter were located on the Fuller Farm at 26 Woody Hill Road in Hope Valley. The transmitter still exists there. Fuller sold WJJF to Charles River Broadcasting, owner of several

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stations in

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(including WCRI on

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, and WFCC-FM on

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), in 2002. Charles River Broadcasting continued the country music format (making it the company's second non-classical station, after

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-formatted WKPE-FM on Cape Cod) until July 2004, when the call letters were changed to WCNX and the station temporarily left the air for tower replacement. Prior to being assigned in

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, the call letters were used by what is now WMRD in

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. WCNX returned that August with an

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format provided by

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; the Headline News simulcast was eventually phased out (as with most of the network's radio affiliates) in favor of

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Charles River Broadcasting announced on October 27, 2005, that it was exploring the sale of its properties, with Judson Group purchasing WCNX and WCRI in 2006. Judson continued the news/talk format until October 1, 2011, when it became WCRI, a simulcast of WCRI-FM's classical music programming.Providence Journal from September 20, 2011; retrieved September 20, 2011.
/ref> In November 2013, Judson filed to sell WCRI to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation; this returned the station to the ownership of John Fuller. The call letters were changed to WSKP on November 29; on December 2, WSKP dropped the WCRI-FM simulcast and launched an oldies format, branded as "Kool 1180". The format is also heard on WBMW-HD3 out of Pawcatuck, Connecticut. The station swapped call letters with 107.7 FM and became WWRX on December 24, 2013; the swap was reversed on April 23, 2014. The sale to Red Wolf was completed on May 13, 2014. In November 2015, WSKP's oldies format was expanded to

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, and WACM in

, which Red Wolf had acquired from Davidson Media Group and had previously carried their own oldies format.Radio Insight "Red Wolf Creates New England Oldies Trimulcast. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
/ref> Translator station W282CB signed on in March 2016.

Translators

References

External links

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Red Wolf Creates New England Oldies Trimulcast

- scroll down to WJJF to hear a 1995 legal ID.

* ttp://gallery.bostonradio.org/2004-05/ri2/100-01832-lrg.html The WJJF/WCNX transmitter site & former studios as photographed on May 15, 2004 * * * * {{Daytime-only radio stations in Rhode Island SKP Oldies radio stations in the United States Hopkinton, Rhode Island Radio stations established in 1985 SKP 1985 establishments in Rhode Island