WDNS
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| City | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Branding | D93 |
| Slogan | Bowling Green's Classic Rock |
| Frequency | 93.3 MHz (1995-present) |
| First air date | March 12, 1973 |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Audience share | 3.3 (Spring 2007, R&R [1]) |
| ERP | 12,000 watts |
| HAAT | 144 metres (472 ft) |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 15258 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°56′39.00″N 86°15′11.00″W / 36.9441667°N 86.2530556°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Daily NewS |
| Former frequencies | 98.3 MHz (1973-1995) |
| Affiliations |
Motor Racing Network Performance Racing Network |
| Owner | Daily News Broadcasting Company |
| Sister stations | WKCT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wdnsfm.com |
WDNS (93.3 FM) is a classic rock-formatted radio station that is licensed to, located in, and serving Bowling Green, Kentucky. The station is owned by the Daily News Broadcasting Company, the broadcasting arm of the Bowling Green Daily News, which also owns News-Talk formatted station WKCT.[2]
History
The station began broadcasting at 98.3 megahertz on March 12, 1973. At the time, it was broadcasting a beautiful music format [3] until switching to an Adult contemporary format in the early 1980s.[4] At the time, the station was originally branded as D-98.[5]
In 1989, the station switched to an album-oriented rock format. The classic rock format came to the station in 1991, and the station has been broadcasting that format ever since.[6]
In 1995, Hot AC-formatted station WQXE in Elizabethtown requested to move to 98.3 MHz. WDNS moved to its current 93.3 MHz frequency in order to avoid signal interference with WQXE.[7] The 98.3 frequency was not used in the Bowling Green area again until 2014, when low-powered translator station W252CV was signed on by in-market rock radio rival WPTQ to simulcast that station's HD2 subchannel for the benefit of listeners who do not own a HD Radio set.
Programming
WDNS broadcasts classic rock music released from the 1970s to the 1990s. The station also provides programming from the Motor Racing and the Performance Racing Networks.
In August 2016, WDNS has entered a two-year agreement to broadcast high school football games involving the Bowling Green Purples, which won their fifth KHSAA Division I-AA state championship. The deal includes broadcast of every BGHS Purples game in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. This made WDNS the only FM radio station in the Bowling Green area to broadcast high school football involving a Warren County-based high school team. The first BGHS game broadcast by WDNS was against the John Hardin High School football team at the Rafferty's Bowl at Western Kentucky University's L.T. Smith Stadium on August 20, 2016.[8]
References
- ↑ "Bowling Green Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
- ↑ "WDNS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ 1979 Broadcasting Yearbook, page C-86 American Radio History.
- ↑ 1984 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-102 via American Radio History.
- ↑ "About D93 | D93 WDNS - Bowling Green's Classic Rock". WDNS. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
- ↑ 1992 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-137 American Radio History.
- ↑ 1996 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, page B-165 American Radio History.
- ↑ "WDNS to broadcast BGHS football". Bowling Green Daily News, August 18, 2016, page B3.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WDNS
- Radio-Locator information on WDNS
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WDNS