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Overview
WADK (1540 AM) is a news/talk radio station licensed to Newport, Rhode Island. It brands itself as “WADK-AM.” The station has been on the air since 1948.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WADK
- Frequency
- 1540 AM
- Format
- Business news/talk, jazz on the weekend
- On-air name
- WADK-AM
- City of license
- Newport, RI
- Market
- Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
- Licensee
- Island Broadcasting of RI, LLC
- Power
- 1,000 watts (daytime only)
- Station class
- D
- First on air
- 1948
- FCC facility ID
- 48744
- Website
- wadk.com
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its lineup draws on ABC News Radio. Island Broadcasting of RI, LLC holds the station’s FCC license.
Its website is wadk.com. Newport is in the Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA market. Its sister station is WMNP.
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WADK at a glance
- Frequency
- 1540 AM
- On air as
- WADK-AM
- Format
- Business news/talk, jazz on the weekend
- Licensed to
- Newport, RI
- Market
- Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
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