WMSJ

WMSJ

WMSJ

Radio station in Freeport, Maine


WMSJ (89.3 FM; "K-LOVE") is a radio station airing the K-Love contemporary Christian music format, licensed to Freeport, Maine and serving the Portland area. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation.[2] WMSJ's programming is also heard on a translator in Lawrence, Massachusetts, W260AS (99.9 FM).

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History

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]


References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WMSJ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. EMF Acquires Positive FM RadioINSIGHT, January 12, 2015
  3. "History". Positive FM. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. Fybush, Scott (December 25, 1997). "New FM In Buffalo". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  5. "HisAir.net NewsChannel". July 12, 2005. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  6. Fybush, Scott (February 4, 2008). "It's "Classic Alternative" at WBOS". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  7. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. October 10, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2015.



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