WDJW
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WDJW is the call sign of the FM
radio station
licensed to the Somers, Connecticut
Board of Education. One of only a handful of high school radio
stations in the state, WDJW has served the school and the community for over 20 years. Originally operating on 105.3 MHz, WDJW moved to 89.7 in the early nineties and has had an eclectic format consisting of student and faculty programs supplemented with the programming of WWUH
from the University of Hartford
.
In late 1995 WDJW's old transmitter failed for good and the station went off the air. WDJW was faced with deletion since a recent FCC rule change called for automatic deletion of any license that was off the air for one year. WWUH at the University of Hartford offered the BOE a loan of a transmitter in return for use of the WDJW signal when local programming was unavailable. WDJW went back on the air in late 1996. WDJW moved its studios and transmitter to the new high school building in the late 90s.
Frequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to the Somers, Connecticut
Somers, Connecticut
Somers is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, USA. The population was 10,417 at the 2000 census. The town center is listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place...
Board of Education. One of only a handful of high school radio
High school radio
High school radio within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description existed in the mid-1920s...
stations in the state, WDJW has served the school and the community for over 20 years. Originally operating on 105.3 MHz, WDJW moved to 89.7 in the early nineties and has had an eclectic format consisting of student and faculty programs supplemented with the programming of WWUH
WWUH
WWUH is a non-commercial radio station licensed to the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. The station was started on July 15, 1968 and has a Public Alternative Radio format....
from the University of Hartford
University of Hartford
The University of Hartford is a private, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The degree programs at the University of Hartford hold the highest levels of accreditation available in the US, including the Engineering Accreditation Commission of...
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History
The earliest FCC document available on line is an “original construction permit” which was granted on June 25, 1979 authorizing construction of a station on 89.7 MHz with 10 watts of power. A License to Cover was granted on March 14, 1980. A “Major Modification” was granted by the FCC on February 28, 1983 but the on line data base does not specify any details. On December 12, 1990 a Construction Permit was granted to change the frequency to 105.3 MHz. Reportedly the Board of Education decided not to pursue this change and the next FCC database entry is a renewal on June 10, 1999 showing the frequency as 89.7 MHz.In late 1995 WDJW's old transmitter failed for good and the station went off the air. WDJW was faced with deletion since a recent FCC rule change called for automatic deletion of any license that was off the air for one year. WWUH at the University of Hartford offered the BOE a loan of a transmitter in return for use of the WDJW signal when local programming was unavailable. WDJW went back on the air in late 1996. WDJW moved its studios and transmitter to the new high school building in the late 90s.