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Frequency | 1290 kHz |
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Format | Conservative Religious [1] |
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History | |
First air date | 1955[2] |
Former call signs | |
Call sign meaning | "Disney" former owner |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 21723 |
Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°15′30.0″N 77°23′40.0″W / 37.258333°N 77.394444°W |
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WDZY (1290 AM) is a Conservative Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Colonial Heights, Virginia, serving the Petersburg/ Richmond area. [1] WDZY is owned and operated by Wilkins Radio Network, Inc. [8]
The station went on the air as WCLA in 1955, later to become WPVA. [9] On November 13, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WSTK. [6] On March 19, 1997, it changed to WZOD. On February 19, 1998, it changed to the current WDZY. [6]
In June 2013, Disney put WDZY and six other Radio Disney stations in medium markets up for sale, in order to refocus the network's broadcast distribution on top-25 markets. [10] [11]
On September 29, 2013, WDZY dropped the Radio Disney affiliation and went silent. [11] In November, Disney filed to sell WDZY to the Richmond Christian Radio Corporation, [12] a subsidiary of Wilkins Radio Network, Inc. [12]
The sale was "consummated" on December 31, 2013 [13] and "accepted" by the FCC on January 10, 2014. WDZY resumed operations on January 17, 2014. [14]
In addition to the main station, WDZY is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. [15]
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP ( W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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W277CT | 103.3 FM FM | Petersburg, Virginia | 18868 | 250 watts | 96 m (315 ft) | D | LMS |