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Broadcast area | Portland, Maine |
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| Frequency | 89.3 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian music |
| Network | K-Love |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | November 29, 1997 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 17483 | |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 14,000 watts |
| HAAT | 186 meters (610 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°45′47″N 70°19′26″W / 43.763°N 70.324°W |
| Translator | 99.9 W260AS (Lawrence, Massachusetts) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | klove.com |
WMSJ (89.3 FM) is a noncommercial educational radio station licensed to Freeport, Maine, United States, and serving the Portland area. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation, it features contemporary Christian music as part of the K-Love network.[2] WMSJ's programming is also heard on a translator in Lawrence, Massachusetts, W260AS (99.9 FM).
The 89.3 FM facility signed on November 29, 1997.[3] WMSJ's programming had originated in July 1993 on 91.9 FM in Harpswell;[3] after 89.3 went on the air, the 91.9 frequency was sold to the Bible Broadcasting Network and became WYFP.[4] Originally known as "Joy 89.3," the station rebranded to "Positive 89.3" in July 2005.[5] W260AS in Lawrence signed on in February 2008.[6]
By September 2010, the station's owner, The Positive Radio Network, shared several board members with Bethesda Christian Broadcasting, another operator of religious radio stations;[7] the following year, WMSJ was transferred to Bethesda.[8][9] In January 2015, Bethesda Christian Broadcasting reached a deal to sell WMSJ to Educational Media Foundation; the sale closed on June 10, 2015, at a purchase price of $925,000, at which point the station joined EMF's K-Love network.[2]
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WMSJ (89.3 FM) is a noncommercial educational radio station licensed to Freeport, Maine, United States, and serving the Portland area. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation, it features contemporary Christian music as part of the K-Love network. WMSJ's programming is also heard on a translator in Lawrence, Massachusetts, W260AS (99.9 FM).
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Maine, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats.
WPKC-FM (92.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Sanford, Maine, United States. The station serves the Southern Maine Coast and the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire with a contemporary Christian music format, supplied by the K-Love network. WPKC-FM is owned by the Educational Media Foundation and simulcasts with WPKC (1540 AM) from Exeter.
WRGC is an Adult contemporary/full service formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Sylva, North Carolina, serving Western North Carolina. WRGC is owned and operated by Five Forty Broadcasting Company, LLC.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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