WWDW
City | Alberta, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Southside |
Branding | 107.7 The Lake |
Frequency | 107.7 MHz |
First air date | 2001 |
Format | Variety hits |
ERP | 2,200 watts |
HAAT | 163 meters |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 7305 |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°52′2.0″N 77°53′31.0″W / 36.867222°N 77.891944°W |
Callsign meaning | nod to nearby WWDE |
Affiliations | ABC Radio News |
Owner | First Media Radio, LLC |
Sister stations | WCBT, WDLZ, WPTM, WSMY, WTRG, WWDR, WYTT |
Webcast | WWDW Webstream |
Website | WWDW Online |
WWDW is an variety hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Alberta, Virginia, serving the Southside. WWDW is owned and operated by First Media Radio, LLC.[1]
History
In 2007, a construction permit was granted to Joyner radio for a station on 103.1 in Garysburg, NC (now granted call letters WLQC and relocated to Sharpsburg). Part of the requirement of utilizing this allocation was to move WWDW from 103.1 to 107.7. This move took place around April 1, 2009, though no construction permit had been granted or even applied for.
WWDW had to move off 103.1 regardless of the Sharpsburg allocation, as 103.1's second harmonic happens to be the same frequency as that used by WWBT channel 12 in Richmond. This means that when WWDW is on the air, television viewers experience interference on channel 12. This has kept WWDW off the air for extended periods of time.
On October 25, 2017 WWDW changed their format from adult contemporary to variety hits, branded as "107.7 The Lake".[2]
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References
- ↑ "WWDW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ WWDW Flips to Variety Hits Radioinsight - October 25, 2017