WNYW, Radio New York Worldwide, was a U.S. radio station broadcasting from Scituate, Massachusetts, until October 20, 1973, when Family Stations acquired the station and changed its call letters to WYFR. Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Scituate is a small seacoast town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod Bay midway between Boston and Plymouth. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... WYFR is a shortwave radio station located in Okeechobee, Florida, USA. The station is owned by Family Stations, Inc. ...

In 1931. Lemmon, a radio inventor began experimental shortwave station W1XAL in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1935, the station began transmitting non-commercial, and educational or cultural programs. On September 7, 1939, the FCC assigned the call letters WRUL to W1XAL. WRUL stood for World Radio University Listeners. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City...

From 1939 to 1942, radio lectures were broadcast to Europe and South America in eight languages and in the United States over an informal network of over 300 stations, including WNYC in New York City. As all United States shortwave stations WRUL was turned over under a lease agreement to the federal government in November 1942. WRUL was allowed to resume partial independent programming in 1947 and full independent programming in 1954. The station was sold to Metromedia in 1960. WNYC are the call letters for two public radio stations in New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a conglomeration of radio and television stations in the United States that existed from the demise of the DuMont Television Network in the 1950s until the formation of the Fox Network in the 1980s. ...

In June of 1962, WRUL was bought by the Intemational Educational Broadcasting Corporation (today Bonneville International) owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church). The station began using the slogan "Radio New York Worldwide" and dropped its educational/cultural programming in favor of an adult contemporary format with ABC Radio or CBS Radio hourly newscasts and half-hour newscasts from its sister station, WRFM. There were rumors that the station was being partially controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency to broadcast anti-communist propaganda Bonneville International Corporation, managed by Deseret Management Corporation, is a broadcasting company wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church). ... This is the current Mormon collaboration of the month! Please help improve it to meet the ideal article standard. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... ABC Radio is a division of the American Broadcasting Company focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting. ... CBS Radio Inc. ... WWPR-FM, also known as Power 105. ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Government. ... Anti-communism is opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either a theoretical or practical level. ... An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviour of people, rather than impartially providing information. ...

On June 1, 1966, WRUL changed its call letters to WNYW, which stood for Radio New York Worldwide. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...

The callsign has now been assigned to a Fox Broadcasting Company station, WNYW (formerly MetroMedia station WNEW-TV and DuMont Television Network station WABD), in New York City. In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... WNYW, Fox 5 New York is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a conglomeration of radio and television stations in the United States that existed from the demise of the DuMont Television Network in the 1950s until the formation of the Fox Network in the 1980s. ... DuMont Televisions Logo The DuMont Television Network was an American television network, beginning operation in 1946. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

External links

• A history of WNYW at Northern Star Broadcasters (Norway)