[10] The stations were initially operated for the Providence Journal to send news stories to the island to be printed locally.

[10][11] The Journal, dissatisfied with the operation, offered management of the two stations to the recently formed Massie company.

[10][15] By 1904 the new equipment installed by Massie to replace the de Forest system enabled reliable two-way communication between the island and the mainland.

[18] By 1905 with improvements to the station at Block Island it was able to detect signals from approaching ocean liners beyond the Nantucket Shoals Lightship 66 – a distance of 150 miles (240 km).

[19] In 1907 Massie upgraded the Point Judith station by constructing a new building, the one that is preserved today, on the same site.

The distress call CQD was received by the Point Judith station which then dispatched a wrecking tug to assist the ships.

[6] Wireless operators at the station kept a vigil in April 1912 listening for news from rescue vessels about the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

In 1917 a "radiophone fog warning device" was installed in the lighthouse adjacent to the shutdown Massie station.

It transmitted a voice recording of the phrase "Point Judith Light" via wireless which could be received at a range of 8 miles (13 km).

Other stations (and their call letters) that were part of the Massie system included: In 1983 the building was moved to the New England Wireless and Steam Museum in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, to avoid demolition.