WDMO

WDMO
City Baldwin, Wisconsin
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 / 44.94250; -92.41639
Former callsigns WRDN-FM (1978-2002)
WYLT (2002-2002)
WJRV (2002-2003)
Owner Zoe Communications
Sister stations WXNK, WGMO, WPLT
Website http://thunder957.com

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 sister in Durand, operating on 1430 AM with the call sign WQOQ. That station 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 sister station was sold to Durand Broadcasting, which relaunched it as a separate station with the call sign WRDN.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "WDMO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WRDN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WDMO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. 1 2 News Archive for April 2012. Northpine.com, April 2012.


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