WDPN (AM)

WDPN
City Alliance, Ohio
Branding 1130 WDPN
Slogan Unforgettable Favorites
Frequency 1310 (kHz)
First air date September 2, 1953 (1953-09-02)[1]
Format Soft adult contemporary
Power 1,000 watts daytime
480 watts nighttime
Class B
Transmitter coordinates 40°55′34″N 81°07′41″W / 40.92611°N 81.12806°W / 40.92611; -81.12806Coordinates: 40°55′34″N 81°07′41″W / 40.92611°N 81.12806°W / 40.92611; -81.12806
Callsign meaning Don PetersoN
Former callsigns WFAH (1953–1990)
Owner D.A. Peterson, Inc.
Sister stations WDJQ
Website www.am1310wdpn.com

WDPN is an AM radio station in Alliance, Ohio, operating on 1310 kHz. The station airs a soft adult contemporary format. It is owned by the family company of Don Peterson who is the former publisher of The Alliance Review, and is co-owned with FM station WDJQ.

The station first signed on the air in 1953 as WFAH, originally owned by The Review Publishing Co., with D.A. Peterson as general manager.[2] On September 1, 1990, it became WDPN.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-415. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Radio Annual 1954, p. 538.
  3. ↑ Call Sign History for WDPN, from FCC's AM station database. Retrieved September 4, 2018


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