WKFD

Radio station in Wickford, Rhode Island (1961–1998)

Wickford, Rhode Island

Broadcast areaProvidence-Warwick marketFrequency1370 kHzBrandingBay RadioProgrammingLanguage(s)EnglishFormatDefunctOwnershipOwnerJerome Frederick GaudetHistory

First air date

1961

Last air date

July 29, 1998

Former call signs

WKFD (1961 – June 1, 1979)
WMYD (June 1, 1979 – November 16, 1999)
WKFD (November 16, 1999 – November 2, 2001)

Former frequencies

None

Call sign meaning

WickfordTechnical informationFacility ID2847ClassIII-D, later DPower250 watts day, 130 watts night

WKFD (1370 AM) was a radio station which existed from 1961 until 2001 when its license was deleted^[1] after being silent for three years (the station last broadcast on July 29, 1998). WKFD was licensed to the village of Wickford, Rhode Island. The station operated on 1370 kHz with a transmitter power of 250 watts daytime, 130 watts nighttime. Its transmitter was located at 19 Updike Avenue. The station was at one time owned by retired newscaster Lou Adler, who had previously broadcast on WCBS 880.

After the WKFD license was deleted, another attempt was made to build 1370 kHz in Rhode Island, this time from Charlestown. Astro Tele-Communications Corp., owners of WADK and WJZS, was awarded a construction permit for the frequency in 2006 and chose the WKFD callsign. The new facility would have utilized 2,500 watts during the day and 5,000 at night—considerably higher than the original WKFD. This construction permit never made it on to the air and was deleted in November 2009.^[2]