WDZY

WDZY

City	Colonial Heights, Virginia
Broadcast area	Petersburg, Virginia Richmond, Virginia
Branding	"AM1290 The Word"
Slogan	"Radio That Changes The Way You Live"
Frequency	1260 AM kHz
First air date	1955^[1]
Format	Conservative Religious^[2]
Power	25,000 Watts daytime 41 Watts nighttime
Class	D
Facility ID	21723
Transmitter coordinates	37°15′30.0″N 77°23′40.0″W / 37.258333°N 77.394444°W / 37.258333; -77.394444
Callsign meaning	W DiZneY former owner
Former callsigns	WHUM (?-1986) WPVA (1986-1989) WSTK (1989-1997) WZOD (1997-1998) WDZY (1998-Present)^[3]
Owner	Wilkins Radio Network, Inc. (Richmond Christian Radio Corporation)
Webcast	WDZY Webstream
Website	WDZY Online

WDZY is a Conservative Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Colonial Heights, Virginia, serving the Petersburg/Richmond area.^[2] WDZY is owned and operated by Wilkins Radio Network, Inc.^[4]

History

The station went on the air as WPVA in 1955.^[5] On November 13, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WSTK.^[3] On March 19, 1997, it changed to WZOD. On February 19, 1998, it changed to the current WDZY.^[3]

Sale and falling silent

Final "Radio Disney" logo for WDZY.

In June 2013, Disney put WDZY and six other Radio Disney stations in medium markets up for sale, in order to refocus the network's broadcast distribution on top-25 markets.^[6]^[7]

On September 29, 2013, WDZY dropped the Radio Disney affiliation and went Silent.^[7] In November, Disney filed to sell WDZY to the Richmond Christian Radio Corporation,^[8] a subsidiary of Wilkins Radio Network, Inc.^[8]

The sale was "consummated" on December 31, 2013^[9] and "accepted" by the FCC on January 10, 2014. WDZY resumed operations on January 17, 2014.^[10]

Translator

In addition to the main station, WDZY is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.^[11]

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W277CT	103.3 FM	Petersburg, Virginia	18868	250 watts	96 m (315 ft)	D	FCC

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-569. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
1 2 3 "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
↑ "WDZY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
↑ Corbin, Robert F. "VARTV.com Richmond". VARTV.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
↑ Graser, Marc (June 4, 2013). "Radio Disney Stations Up for Sale (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
1 2 Venta, Lance (September 30, 2013). "Radio Disney Places Stations On The Market". Radio Insight. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
1 2 "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
↑ "Consummation Notice - WDZY". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
↑ "Resumption of Operations - WDZY". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 21, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
↑ "W277CT Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved October 8, 2015.

External Links

AM1290 The Word Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDZY

Radio-Locator Information on WDZY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDZY

Radio stations in the Richmond/Petersburg market

By AM frequency	590 820 910 950 990 1140 1240 1290 1320 1340 1380 1430 1450 1480 1540 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.1 91.1 91.3 92.1 92.5 93.1 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.3 100.5 100.9 102.1 103.1 103.7 104.7 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W223AZ W241AP W253BI W276BZ W291CL WAFX WARV-FM WBBT-FM WBTJ WBTK WCDX WCFC-LP WCLM WCVE-FM WDCE WDZY WFTH WHAN WHAP WHCE WJSR WKHK WKJM WKJS WKLR WKYV WLEE WLES WLFV WLRJ WNTW WPZZ WREJ WRIH WRIR-LP WRNL WRVA WRVQ WRXL WTOX WTPS WTVR-FM WURV WVNZ WVST WWLB WXGI WYFJ WZEZ

Defunct stations	WHCK-LP

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

Religious radio stations in the state of Virginia

Stations	WARN – Culpeper WAVA – Arlington WAVA-FM – Arlington WBLB – Pulaski WBTK – Richmond WCCA-LP – Scottsville WCLM-LP – Woodstock WDZY – Colonial Heights WFAX – Falls Church WGTH – Richlands WGTH-FM – Richlands WJYK – Chase City WKBA – Vinton WKBY – Chatham WKGM – Smithfield WKNV – Fairlawn WKPA – Lynchburg WKQA – Norfolk WKQY – Tazewell WLES – Bon Air WLES – Bon Air WLMP – Fredericksburg WLSD – Big Stone Gap WNLR – Churchville WOTC – Edinburg WPMH – Portsmouth WRJR – Claremont WRMV – Madison Heights WRTZ – Roanoke WRVL – Lynchburg WTTX – Appomattox WWER – Colonial Beach WWIP – Cheriton WXTR - Tappahannock WYCS – Yorktown WYFI – Norfolk WYFJ – Ashland WYFT – Luray WZAP – Bristol

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Virginia See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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