WDIS

Infobox Radio station
name = WDIS


city = Norfolk, Massachusetts
area = Boston
branding =
slogan = Our Talk is on the Money
airdate =
frequency = 1170 kHz
format = News Talk Information
power = 1,000 watts day
erp =
haat =
class = D
facility_id = 16977
coordinates = coord|42|5|32.00|N|71|18|13.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning = W DIScussion
former_callsigns =
owner = Discussion Radio, Incorporated
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.wdisam.com wdisam.com]
affiliations = Business Talk Radio, Fox News Radio

WDIS (AM 1170) is a radio station licensed to Norfolk, Massachusetts. Primarily a news and talk station, it is also the flagship radio station of many high school sports programs in the Norfolk area. It serves the suburban communities south of Boston, MA and north of Providence, RI. It has a daytime-only 1000-watt signal [cite web |url= http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/info?call=WDIS&service=AM |title=WDIS-AM: Radio Station Information Page : Radio-Locator |accessdate=2008-08-28 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Theodoric Technologies LLC] that reaches as far west as Worcester, Mass., giving it a coverage area of almost half a million people. [cite web |url= http://www.wdisam.com/advertise/index.html |title=Advertising & Sponsorships: WDIS AM 1170 |accessdate=2008-08-28 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Discussion Radio, Inc.]
WDIS dates to March 1978, when John Quinlan, a former Massachusetts state legislator, obtained a license from the FCC to broadcast on AM 1170 with the call sign WJMQ. The studio was, and still is, located on Pond Street, or Route 115, near Norfolk center. During the 1980s, the station experienced an ownership change and changed its call letters to WJCC. In 1990, it once again changed ownership, to Brockton, MA-based Discussion Radio, Inc. and again changed its call letters, to WDIS. [cite web |url= http://www.wdisam.com/aboutus.html |title=About Us: WDIS AM 1170 |accessdate=2008-08-28 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Discussion Radio, Inc.]
The station mainly airs satellite programming, including conservative radio talk show hosts Brian Kilmeade, Andrew Napolitano, and Neil Cavuto from Fox News Radio, and Mike Gallagher and Bill Bennett. However, the station also airs some local programming that is produced in studio [cite web |url= http://www.wdisam.com/schedule.html |title=Schedule of Programs: WDIS AM 1170 |accessdate=2008-08-28 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Discussion Radio, Inc.] .New England broadcast notables like Janet Jeghelien, Dick Sinnott, and Gene Lavanchy have all been employed at WJCC over the years. Walpole, MA town administrator Michael Boynton also at one time did work for the station.

ports

In recent years, WDIS has begun a major focus on local sports programming. In 2007, they aired Tri-County Cougar home football games at the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School in Franklin, MA. In 2008, they became the first radio station ever to air Walpole High School home football games, which are broadcast on the internet as well as over the air. [cite web |url= http://www.wdisam.com/whsfootball/index.html |title=Walpole High School Football on WDIS AM 1170 |accessdate=2008-08-28 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Discussion Radio, Inc.]

References

External links

* [http://www.wdisam.com/ WDISAM.com]
*AMQ|WDIS
*AML|WDIS