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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Frequency | 1150kHz |
| Branding | Relevant Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Catholic talk |
| Network | Relevant Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Relevant Radio, Inc |
| History | |
First air date | August 26, 1935; 90 years ago (1935-08-26) |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 1120kHz (1935–1941) |
Call sign meaning | Carried over from the former WWDJ (970 AM) in New York City, nowWNYM |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25051 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°24′48.34″N71°12′38.2″W / 42.4134278°N 71.210611°W /42.4134278; -71.210611 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | relevantradio |
WWDJ (1150AM) is aCatholic radio station licensed toBoston, Massachusetts and servingGreater Boston, owned by Relevant Radio, Inc. WWDJ does not broadcast any local programming, functioning as arepeater for theRelevant Radio network. WWDJ's studios and offices are co-located with the network inLincolnwood, Illinois, and the station's transmitter is located inLexington.
The station signed on as WCOP on August 26, 1935;[2] owned by the Massachusetts Broadcasting Company, their call letters representing its original studio location at theCopley Plaza Hotel. Originally, WCOP broadcast on 1120 kHz at 500 watts, and was required to go off the air at night. With the enactment ofNARBA in 1941, WCOP moved to 1150 kHz and received authorization to broadcast around the clock.[3] In June 1945, it became Boston'saffiliate for theABC Radio Network, which it would keep until the early 1950s. The station adopted a music format in 1956, and became one of the first stations inNew England to use disk jockeys. In the late 1950s, one such DJ wasBob Wilson, who later became the radio play-by-play voice of theBoston Bruins.
After stints as Top-40 (1956–1962), and middle-of-the-road (1962–1968), WCOP switched to acountry music format, and was an affiliate ofNBC Radio Network (WCOP became an NBC affiliate in 1966, two years before the switch to country). In 1977, WCOP dropped NBC Radio, and flipped from country totop-40 under the call letters WACQ. The new format lasted only until the station was sold and new owners came in on January 1, 1979. At that time, WACQ and then-sister station WTTK (nowWZLX) flipped to a partially simulcastbeautiful music station, owing to then-existingFCC regulations, as WHUE and WHUE-FM.[4] Stints as anall-news station and asoft adult contemporary format under the call letters of WSNY followed.[5] In 1985, the station became anoldies station under the well-known WMEX callsign, after a sale toGreater Media.[6] Although enjoying some moderate success at first,WODS flipped to an oldies format in late 1987, and WMEX never recovered. In December 1989, the oldies format was replaced by business talk;[7] this gave way in March 1991 to a simulcast ofWMJX, and then to leased ethnic programming shortly afterwards.[8][9][10]
WMEX briefly held the WROR callsign in a "parking" move until Greater Media could place the calls on the formerWKLB (105.7 FM),[11] then became WNFT on October 17, 1996, as the market's KidStarchildren's radio network affiliate.[12][13][14] After the network ceased operations in February 1997, WNFT simulcastedWKLB (96.9 FM),[15][16] then simulcastWAAF after June 2 following a sale toAmerican Radio Systems the month before.[17] During its time simulcasting WAAF, it was noticed one day that WNFT was simulcastingWJMN by accident; a cleaning crew at the transmitter site the night before changed the radio to a more desired station, not realizing they accidentally changed the audio source sent to the station's transmitter.[18]
CBS Radio merged with American Radio Systems in 1998 and was forced to sell WNFT to comply with FCC andDepartment of Justice regulations; Mega Communications would acquire the station. After a period carrying the syndicated "The Touch"urban adult contemporary service, the station became WAMG with atropical music format on December 1, 1998, adding a simulcast withWLLH inLowell andLawrence the following year.[19][20] In 2003, the station was sold toSalem Communications, and then swapped call letters with890 AM (which inherited the "Mega" format and the simulcast on WLLH) and became WBPS, which was retained until the sale went through. Later in the year, the station adopted aconservativetalk format and the WTTT call sign. Originally, this primarily consisted of hosts from theSalem Radio Network, but in 2006,Paul Harvey News and Comment andThe Sean Hannity Show were added to the schedule.
On January 28, 2008, WTTT discontinued the talk format and began stunting with Spanishcontemporary Christian music, switching to a Spanish-languageChristian talk and teaching format, branded "Radio Luz", that February 4. WTTT also became the Spanish-language flagship station for theBoston Red Sox Radio Network, replacing sister stationWROL. In July 2008, the station swapped call letters with WWDJ (970 AM) inHackensack-New York City, ahead of that station's relaunch asWNYM.
On November 14, 2019, WWDJ was sold toImmaculate Heart Media, Inc. and the station became an affiliate ofRelevant Radio.[21][22][23]