WPAW (Rhode Island)

WPAW was a radio station in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The WPAW call sign was deleted in 1933, shortly after the station was consolidated with another nearby station, WPRO.

History

WFCI (1926–1928)

The station was first licensed, as WFCI, in the summer of 1926 to Frank Cook The call letters were derived from the station owner.
The station moved to 1330 kHz by June 30, 1927, to 1240 that August, and to 1210 kHz in November 1928.
WFCI was on 1330 kHz on or before June 30, 1927, with 50 watts, then moving to 1240 kHz a year later. WFCI's first studio/office location was at 450 Main Street in Pawtucket.

WPAW (1928–1932)

In late 1928, the WFCI callsign was changed to WPAW.

WPRO-WPAW (1932–1933)

In February 1932, Cherry & Webb purchased WPAW, WPRO's timesharing partner on 1210 kHz. Following the WPAW acquisition, the consolidated station operated under the dual call sign of WPRO-WPAW. However, on May 15, 1933, after the Federal Radio Commission requested that stations using only one of their dual call letters drop those that were no longer in regular use, WPAW was eliminated and the station reverted to just WPRO.