WDMO
City | Baldwin, Wisconsin |
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Broadcast area | Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
Branding | Thunder Country 95.7 |
Frequency | 95.7 MHz |
First air date | November 17, 1978 |
Format | Country music |
ERP | 4,000 watts |
HAAT | 124 meters |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 65632 |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°56′33″N 92°24′59″W / 44.94250°N 92.41639°W |
Former callsigns |
WRDN-FM (1978-2002) WYLT (2002-2002) WJRV (2002-2003) |
Owner | Zoe Communications |
Sister stations | WCSW, WGMO, WIXK, WPLT |
Website | Zoe Communications Website |
WDMO (95.7 FM) is a radio station, broadcasting a country music format in Baldwin, Wisconsin. The station is currently owned by Zoe Communications, Inc.[1][2]
History
Originally licensed to Durand, Wisconsin, the station went on the air as WRDN-FM on November 17, 1978. While licensed to Durand, the station operated on 95.9 FM. For much of its history, however, the station operated from studios in Menomonie, a larger city closer to the Eau Claire broadcast market.
The station changed its call sign to WYLT on January 1, 2002, to WJRV on January 17, 2002, and to the current WDMO on April 1, 2003.[3]
The station formerly also had an AM translator in Durand, operating on 1430 AM with the call sign WQOQ. The AM translator returned to the original WRDN call sign in 2011.
In 2008, Zoe Communications was granted a construction permit to move the station from Durand to Baldwin, which would also see its frequency changed to the current 95.7 FM.[4] The station relaunched in Baldwin with its current branding and format on April 5, 2012. The AM translator was sold to Durand Broadcasting, which relaunched it as a separate station in Durand with the call sign WRDN.[4]
References
- ↑ "WDMO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WRDN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WDMO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- 1 2 News Archive for April 2012. Northpine.com, April 2012.
External links
- Thunder Country 95.7 Facebook
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WDMO
- Radio-Locator information on WDMO
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WDMO