WHJJ
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| City | Providence, Rhode Island |
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| Broadcast area | Southern New England |
| Branding | News Radio 920 WHJJ |
| Frequency | 920 kHz |
| First air date | September 6, 1922 |
| Format | News/talk |
| Language(s) | English |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 37234 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°46′53″N 71°19′55″W / 41.78139°N 71.33194°WCoordinates: 41°46′53″N 71°19′55″W / 41.78139°N 71.33194°W |
| Former callsigns | WJAR (September 6, 1922-November 26, 1980) |
| Former frequencies | 360 meters/~833 kHz (September 6, 1922-19??) 890kHz (19??-March 29, 1941) |
| Affiliations |
Pawsox Radio Network (flagship) The Rush Limbaugh Show, Premiere Radio Networks |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WHJY, WSNE-FM, WWBB |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 920whjj.iheart.com |
WHJJ (920 AM, "News Radio 920") is a radio station in Providence, Rhode Island. The station was previously assigned the call letters WJAR, adopting its current call letters on November 26, 1980 when previous owner Outlet Communications sold the station and retained the heritage call letters for their television station on channel 10. Its studios are on 75 Oxford Street in Providence, while its transmitter tower is in Riverside, Rhode Island. WHJJ is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..
WHJJ signed on as WJAR on September 6, 1922 at 8 p.m., with a concert on a wavelength of 360 meters (approximately 833 kHz). WJAR was the Outlet Stores radio station joining The Shepard Stores' WEAN and would be later joined by Cherry & Webb's WPRO. As WJAR, the station was a charter member of the NBC Radio Network, affiliating with the "Red" network upon its launch on November 15, 1926 (and was a member of the Red Network's predecessor operated by AT&T and its station in New York City, WEAF Radio, as early as 1922). In the 1950s, as NBC Radio cut back its programming hours, WJAR began more local programming, playing MOR music with live personality DJs.
By the 1970s, WJAR's format had become Top 40, where it briefly gave longtime format leader WPRO some competition. Later, WJAR's format eased over to adult contemporary. When Outlet sold WJAR to buy what is now WSNE-FM in 1980 (the two are now sister stations), the new owners briefly continued the adult contemporary sound, but eventually went in the direction of talk radio.
In the mid-1980s, WHJJ attempted to shore up its news image by adopting an "All News, All Morning Till 9" format. From 5-9 every morning (including weekends), WHJJ broadcast a dual-anchor news, weather, sports, and traffic format. Often, the news anchors would read exactly the same copy over and over again. It was very similar to the "Headline News" approach.
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