WJDA (1300 AM) is a

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format. The station’s studios are in

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History

The station began in 1947 as a local station for the South Shore region, owned by James D. Asher, and later by his son Jay. For much of its history, WJDA provided talk programming and (in its last years) ABC Radio's

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satellite

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format, operating under the branding "Radio ''your'' way." Among its on-air personalities were Herb Fontaine, Roy Lind, Joe Catalano, Win Bettinson,

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, Don Kent and Mike Logan. Notable shows included ''Party Line'', ''Breakfast with WJDA'' and the ''Wax Museum''. The station was a daytimer for most of its history, broadcasting until sundown, but became 24-hour in the early 1990s. The station (and its North Shore sister station

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) was sold in 2006 to Principle Broadcasting, which switched the station to the current format and closed the local studios. Its final day of operation under the old format was April 30, 2006.

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toppled the station's tower on August 28, 2011; the station was off the air for a few days, then received FCC approval for a temporary long-wire antenna. In April 2012, the tower was restored. In 2017, the Principle Broadcasting Network sold its stations — WJDA, WESX, and WLIE in

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— to Universal Stations for $2.3 million; Universal's principals were also associated with Principle. Universal Stations sold WJDA and WESX to Real Media Group effective August 9, 2018.

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