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WNPH

WNPH (90.7 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, serving the Aquidneck Island area. The station is owned by Ocean State Media (OSM), the statewide NPR member station for Rhode Island, through licensee Ocean State Media Group. OSM, as The Public's Radio (TPR), acquired the license in 2021 from Portsmouth Abbey School, a Benedictine institution, which had established it as a classical music station under the WJHD call letters in 1972. After nearly 50 years, the station was taken off the air in 2021 and the license sold. OSM would itself take the station silent and seek to sell it in 2026, after consolidating its radio service onto WPVD-FM.

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WNPH (90.7 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, serving the Aquidneck Island area. The station is owned by Ocean State Media (OSM), the statewide NPR member station for Rhode Island, through licensee Ocean State Media Group. OSM, as The Public's Radio (TPR), acquired the license in 2021 from Portsmouth Abbey School, a Benedictine institution, which had established it as a classical music station under the WJHD call letters in 1972. After nearly 50 years, the station was taken off the air in 2021 and the license sold. OSM would itself take the station silent and seek to sell it in 2026, after consolidating its radio service onto WPVD-FM.

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  1. date of establishment: 1972 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1972". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363874913

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