WDVT

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WDVT
Broadcast area Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction
Frequency 94.5 MHz
BrandingRock 94.5
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
September 24, 1990 (1990-09-24)
Former call signs
  • WHWB-FM (1990–1991)
  • WYOY (1991–1994)
  • WJEN (1994–2008)
Call sign meaning
"Drive Vermont"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 14719
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 98 meters (322 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 43°34′4.2″N73°0′30.4″W / 43.567833°N 73.008444°W / 43.567833; -73.008444
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.rock945vt.com

WDVT (94.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format branded as "Rock 94.5". Licensed to Rutland, Vermont, United States, the station serves the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction area. The station is currently owned by Pamal Broadcasting.

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History

The station was originally assigned the call letters WHWB-FM on September 24, 1990. On April 15, 1991, the station changed its call sign to WYOY. WYOY went off the air on December 2, 1992, due to financial and technicial reasons and was sold to Rutland Community Broadcasting, run by owners John Kimel and David Kimel. [2] After nearly year of silence, WYOY was bought by Katie Edwald Adams for $150,000 on November 5, 1993. [3] On January 28, 1994, the radio station went back on the air and the call sign was changed to WJEN. [4] On February 8, 2008, the country format ("Cat Country") and WJEN call sign were moved to 105.3 FM, with 94.5 FM WDVT becoming the simulcast station. After two weeks of simulcasting its former format, WDVT became a classic hits station known as "The Drive". [5] The new format began at 6:00 a.m. on February 22, 2008. The first song "The Drive" played was Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet".

On August 31, 2018, the station flipped to classic rock with the new brand of "Rock 94.5".

WDVT was an affiliate station of the "Floydian Slip" Pink Floyd show from 2010 to 2024.

The WDVT call sign was previously used in the early 1980s on a Philadelphia AM station, now operating as WURD.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WDVT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Edwards, Bruce (December 3, 1992). "Rutland Station Silenced: WYOY Is Sold, Taken Off the Air". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. pp. 15, 18 . Retrieved January 3, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Edwards, Bruce (November 5, 1993). "Off the Air A Year, WYOY Is Sold to Dorset Woman". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. p. 12. Retrieved January 3, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Edwards, Bruce (January 19, 1994). "'Cat Country' Set to Debut: WJEN-FM Hits the Airwaves Next Week". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. p. 10. Retrieved January 3, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "WDVT is now 'The Drive'". Rutland Herald, Rutland, Vermont, USA.


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