WTUR is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format that is licensed to Upland, Indiana

Upland, Indiana

Upland is a town in Jefferson Township, Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,845 at the 2010 census. It is most notable for being the home of Taylor University, a Christian college with 1,920 students, as of 2011.-History:...

, USA. The station is owned by Taylor University.

The station was assigned the WTUR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 (FCC) on August 11, 1995.

History

The original WTUR was an AM

AM broadcasting

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 radio station

Radio station

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 at Tufts University

Tufts University

Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...

 in Medford, Massachusetts

Medford, Massachusetts

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 that was shut down by the FCC in the late 1960s when Tufts University students played a prank that violated the station's broadcasting regulations. The students ran a wire from the station's 20-watt

Watt

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 transmitter

Transmitter

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 to the MBTA commuter railroad tracks that run directly behind the studio building. The signal could be heard clearly as far as Quincy, Massachusetts

Quincy, Massachusetts

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 15 miles to the south, and as far north as Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua, New Hampshire

-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

, more than 30 miles beyond the station's permitted broadcasting limits. After WTUR's license was revoked, the studios were reoccupied in 1970 by the FM

FM broadcasting

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 freeform radio station WMFO

WMFO

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.

In 1988 the call letters WTUR were licensed to a commercial FM radio station in Truro, Massachusetts

Truro, Massachusetts

Truro is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, comprising two villages: Truro and North Truro. Located two hours outside Boston, it is a summer vacation community just south of the northern tip of Cape Cod, in an area known as the "Outer Cape"...

. The station ran into opposition from local government who objected to a radio tower

Radio masts and towers

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 being built within town limits. The station now operates, without a tower, as WCDJ

WCDJ

WGTX is a radio station licensed to Truro, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Dunes 102 FM, LLC.-History:Shortly after the station was licensed , the original owners, Truro Wireless, Inc., ran into opposition from the Truro local government, who objected to a radio tower being built within...

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