WDZY
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| City of license | Colonial Heights, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Petersburg, Virginia Richmond, Virginia |
| Branding | "AM1290 The Word" |
| Slogan | "Radio That Changes The Way You Live" |
| Frequency | 1260 AM kHz |
| First air date | 1955[1] |
| Format | Conservative Religious[2] |
| Power | 25,000 Watts daytime 41 Watts nighttime |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 21723 |
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| Callsign meaning | W DiZneY former owner |
| Former callsigns | WHUM (?-1986) WPVA (1986-1989) WSTK (1989-1997) WZOD (1997-1998) WDZY (1998-Present)[3] |
| Owner | Wilkins Radio Network, Inc. (Richmond Christian Radio Corporation) |
| Webcast | WDZY Webstream |
| Website | WDZY Online |
WDZY is a Conservative Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Colonial Heights, Virginia, serving the Petersburg/Richmond area.[2] WDZY is owned and operated by Wilkins Radio Network, Inc.[4]
History
The station went on the air as WPVA in 1955.[5] On November 13, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WSTK.[3] On March 19, 1997, it changed to WZOD. On February 19, 1998, it changed to the current WDZY.[3]
Sale and falling silent
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.[6][7]
On September 29, 2013, WDZY dropped the Radio Disney affiliation and went Silent.[7] In November, Disney filed to sell WDZY to the Richmond Christian Radio Corporation,[8] a subsidiary of Wilkins Radio Network, Inc.[8]
The sale was "consummated" on December 31, 2013[9] and "accepted" by the FCC on January 10, 2014. WDZY resumed operations on January 17, 2014.[10]
Translator
In addition to the main station, WDZY is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.[11]
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID |
ERP W |
Height m (ft) |
Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W277CT | 103.3 FM | Petersburg, Virginia | 18868 | 250 watts | 96 m (315 ft) | D | FCC |
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