broadcast area southern rhode island new london connecticut branding kool radio slogan good times great oldies frequency 1180 khz translator s 104.3 w282cb hope valley repeater s 106.5 3 wbmw hd3 first air date october 5 1985 as wjjf 1 format oldies language s english power 1 800 watts daytime 1 000 watts critical hours class d facility id 3068 transmitter coordinates 41 31 36 n 71 44 35 w 41.52667 n 71.74306 w 41.52667 ; 71.74306 former callsigns wjjf 1985 2004 wcnx 2004 2011 wcri 2011 2013 wskp 12 1 2013 12 24 2013 wwrx 2013 2014 2 owner john fuller red wolf broadcasting corporation sister stations wnty wspr wbmw wjjf wwrx webcast listen live website www.koololdiesradio.net wskp 1180 am ; kool 1180 is a radio station licensed to serve hope valley rhode island . the station is owned by john fuller s red wolf broadcasting corporation . it airs an oldies format . with red wolf broadcasting acquiring davidson media s new england properties the company is combining two oldies brands into one trimulcast . the merger of programming takes the kool branding of 1180 wskp hope valley rhode island 106.5 wbmw hd3 pawcatuck connecticut and the airstaff of 990 wxct southington hartford connecticut and 1490 wacm springfield massachusetts . northeast radio watch reports that the new kool radio is featuring wacm wxct s larry kratka in mornings as previous morning host fred king exits . 3 history edit the station signed on october 5 1985 as wjjf a country music station . it was started by john j. fuller now owner of red wolf broadcasting . the jjf in the call reflected fuller s initials . wjjf s studio and transmitter were located on the fuller farm at 26 woody hill road in hope valley . the transmitter still exists there . former wcnx branding fuller sold wjjf to charles river broadcasting owner of several classical music stations in new england including wcri on block island wcrb in boston and wfcc fm on cape cod in 2002 . 4 charles river broadcasting continued the country music format making it the company s second non classical station after classic rock formatted wkpe fm on cape cod until july 2004 when the call letters were changed to wcnx 2 and the station temporarily left the air for tower replacement . 5 prior to being assigned in rhode island the call letters were used by what is now wmrd in middletown connecticut . wcnx returned that august with an all news format provided by cnn headline news ; 6 the headline news simulcast was eventually phased out as with most of the network s radio affiliates in favor of talk shows . logo as wcri reflecting its simulcast with wcri fm charles river broadcasting announced on october 27 2005 that it was exploring the sale of its properties 7 with judson group purchasing wcnx and wcri in 2006 . 8 judson continued the news talk format until october 1 2011 when it became wcri a simulcast of wcri fm s classical music programming . 9 in november 2013 judson filed to sell wcri to red wolf broadcasting corporation ; this returned the station to the ownership of john fuller . 10 the call letters were changed to wskp on november 29 ; 2 on december 2 wskp dropped the wcri fm simulcast and launched an oldies format branded as kool 1180 . the format is also heard on wbmw hd3 out of pawcatuck connecticut . the station swapped call letters with 107.7 fm and became wwrx on december 24 2013 ; the swap was reversed on april 23 2014 . 2 the sale to red wolf was completed on may 13 2014 . 11 under the direction of brian ram who serves as red wolf s vp programming kool 1180 features music from the 1960s 70s and early 80s . references edit 1994 & 1995 journal bulletin rhode island almanacs p. 250 both editions . a b c d call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . radio insight red wolf creates new england oldies trimulcast . retrieved may 29 2016 . fybush scott december 3 2002 . floodgates open for new quebec fms . december 3 2002 . retrieved october 3 2011 . fybush scott july 26 2004 . wwti pulls plug on newscasts . northeast radio watch . retrieved october 3 2011 . fybush scott august 16 2004 . remembering chuck leonard . northeast radio watch . retrieved october 3 2011 . reidy chris october 28 2005 . wcrb s parent company exploring a sale . the boston globe . retrieved december 5 2009 . fybush scott september 18 2006 . ed ansin gets his duopoly . northeast radio watch . retrieved december 5 2009 . providence journal from september 20 2011 ; retrieved september 20 2011 . application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . november 27 2013 . retrieved november 29 2013 . consummation notice . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved may 27 2014 . external links edit official website 1 2 scroll down to wjjf to hear a 1995 legal id . a picture of the old studios in westerly taken on may 29 2004 the wjjf wcnx transmitter site & former studios as photographed on may 15 2004 query the fcc s am station database for wskp radio locator information on wskp query nielsen audio s am station database for wskp query the fcc s fm station database for w282cb radio locator information on w282cb v t e radio stations in the new london connecticut market by am frequency 980 1180 1230 1310 by fm frequency 88.1 89.1 90.9 92.9 94.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 100.9 102.3 105.5 106.5 southern rhode island 95.9 99.3 103.7 107.7 long island new york 89.9 94.9 104.7 by callsign w233ag w258bi 1 wblq wbmw wcni wcty wdup lp welj wich wjjf wkiv wknl wmnp wmos wnlc wpkt wqgn fm wskp wsub lp wsuf wvei fm wwrx wxlm connecticut radio markets bridgeport danbury hartford new britain middletown new haven new london stamford norwalk see also list of radio stations in connecticut 1 construction permit v t e oldies radio stations in the state of rhode island by frequency 1180 by callsign wskp by city hope valley see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in rhode island v t e daytime only radio stations in rhode island stations by callsign wadk wpmz wskp stations by frequency 1110 1180 1540 stations by community of license east providence hope valley newport see also clear channel radio stations and why am radio stations must reduce power change operations or cease operations at night retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wskp am & oldid 722599912 categories radio stations in rhode islandoldies radio stations in the united stateshopkinton rhode islandradio stations established in 1985daytime only radio stationshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 may 2016 at 05 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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