Working at WJMF Smithfield
Working at WJMF Smithfield, RI This article was written in a first-person view in response to the Bryant University Alumni Association's request for stories about WJMF while working there in honor of the station's 50th anniversary in 2022. Since the author spent many years (1980-1992) working at the station and the content includes much of the history there from that time period, it will be included here. I first became interested in radio as a ten-year old in 1969. My favorite station was WPRO-AM. Not only did I listen to the music, but I enjoyed the DJ's and news people and knew all of the schedules when each person would be on the air. After listening sporadically to radio the next few years, I first heard WJMF in the fall of 1977 as a Bryant College freshman. I was a commuter student and could barely receive the 10-watt station signal at 91.5 FM 20 miles away at home. The station was still relatively new at that time, having only been on the air for three yea...