WDNS

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WDNS
WDNS logo.png
Broadcast areaBowling Green, Kentucky
Frequency 93.3 MHz (1995–present)
BrandingD93
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Network [1]
Westwood One [2]
Ownership
OwnerDaily News Broadcasting Company
WKCT
History
First air date
March 12, 1973;51 years ago (1973-03-12)
Former frequencies
98.3 MHz (1973–1995) [3]
Call sign meaning
W Daily NewS (from former sister Bowling Green Daily News )
Technical information
Facility ID 15258
Class C3
ERP 12,000 watts
HAAT 144 metres (472 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°56′39″N86°15′11″W / 36.94417°N 86.25306°W / 36.94417; -86.25306
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website wdnsfm.com

WDNS (93.3 FM) is a classic rock-formatted radio station licensed to, located in, and serving Bowling Green, Kentucky. The station is owned by the Daily News Broadcasting Company as part of a duopoly with News Talk Information station WKCT (930 AM). Both stations share studios on College Street in downtown Bowling Green, and its transmitter is located along Iron Bridge Road adjacent to the Barren River southeast of the city. [4]

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History

The station began broadcasting at 98.3 megahertz on March 12, 1973. At the time, it was broadcasting a beautiful music format [5] until switching to an Adult contemporary format in the early 1980s. [6] At the time, the station was originally branded as D-98. [7]

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. [8]

In 1995, Hot AC-formatted station WQXE in Elizabethtown requested to move to 98.3 MHz. In response, WDNS moved to its current 93.3 MHz frequency in order to avoid signal interference with [3] [9] 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. In addition to locally–hosted weekday shows, the station also provides syndicated programming from Westwood One, providing Steve Gorman Rocks!, and the United Stations Radio Network, including Nights with Alice Cooper . [2] [1]

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. [10]

In addition, in 2022, WDNS began broadcasting the games of the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals through the Bengals Radio Network. [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Weekly Shows". WDNS-FM. Daily News Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Stations". Steve Gorman . Westwood One . Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 Butler, Teila; Bratton, Chris (December 14, 2023). "Throwback Thursday: D93, 50 years later, still rockin' on College Street". WNKY . Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "WDNS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ 1979 Broadcasting Yearbook, page C-86 World Radio History.
  6. ↑ 1984 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-102 via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ "About D93 | D93 WDNS - Bowling Green's Classic Rock". WDNS. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ 1992 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-137 World Radio History.
  9. ↑ 1996 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, page B-165 - via World Radio History.
  10. ↑ "WDNS to broadcast BGHS football". Bowling Green Daily News , August 18, 2016, page B3.
  11. ↑ "Cincinnati Bengals Radio". Bengals.com. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  12. ↑ "The Bengals play on D93! Sunday vs. Steelers! Pregame 10:30. Kickoff Noon!". Twitter. September 8, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
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