WYDR

Last updated
WYDR
Broadcast area Appleton-Oshkosh, and the Fox Valley of Wisconsin
Frequency 94.3 MHz
Branding94.3 Jack FM
Programming
Format Variety hits
Affiliations Jack FM network
Packers Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
WDKF, WGEE, WIXX, WNCY-FM, WNFL, WTAQ-AM/FM
History
First air date
1971 (as WROE)
Former call signs
WROE (1971–2010)
Call sign meaning
"DR." is an abbreviation for "Drive", the station's former branding
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 9962
Class C3
ERP 13,000 watts
HAAT 140 meters (460 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°9′30.00″N88°17′3.00″W / 44.1583333°N 88.2841667°W / 44.1583333; -88.2841667
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.943jackfm.com

WYDR (94.3 FM, "94.3 Jack FM") is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits music format, licensed to both Neenah and Menasha, Wisconsin (giving it and sister station WNCY-FM a rare dual cities of license situation) and transmitting from High Cliff State Park in Northwestern Calumet County. [2] WYDR has its studios at Midwest Communications' facilities on Bellevue Street in the Green Bay suburb of Bellevue, adjacent to the tower site of sister station WNFL.

Contents

With the start of the 2022 season, WYDR serves as the Fox Cities affiliate of the Packers Radio Network, replacing Woodward Communications' WAPL (105.7). [3]

History

The station that would eventually become WYDR was launched by Midwest Communications in 1971 under the call sign of WROE with a beautiful music format, a format found quite frequently on FM radio in that era. In 1977, Midwest bought WBAY-AM and WBAY-FM (the current WTAQ and WIXX, respectively), forcing the company to sell WROE due to FCC regulations limiting station ownership at the time. WROE received consistently high audience rating numbers through the 1980s, as "Easy 94.3", or simply, "Roe".

After a long run with beautiful music, WROE changed to a soft AC format in January 1990, [4] using the advertising tagline "Soft Favorites". In 1997, Midwest repurchased WROE and sister stations WNCY-FM and WNFL after 1996 loosening of radio ownership rules permitted them to do so. From 1998 to 2001, WROE simulcast on sister station WLTM, with the stations branded as "The Lite FM, 94.3 and 99.7." During this time, WROE and WLTM would add Delilah's nationally syndicated program (though it would eventually drop it later in the 2000s). When WLTM dropped away from the simulcast in March 2001 and launched its own format, WROE reverted to using its call sign for on-air branding.

In March 2006, WROE made a shift toward an adult hits format, branded as "94.3 The Bridge." On November 14, 2008, the station dropped "The Bridge" and reverted to its WROE branding and Soft AC format. In August 2009, the station rejoined in a simulcast with 99.7 FM and its Green Bay translator at 101.9 FM, which dropped its own adult hits format. WROE and WRQE would eventually add the John Tesh nightly radio program after the show's former home in the Fox Cities, WECB, changed formats at the end of 2009.

WYDR's former logo (with WZDR simulcast) as "The Drive" WYDR - The Drive.png
WYDR's former logo (with WZDR simulcast) as "The Drive"

At 5 p.m. on September 3, 2010, Midwest Communications dropped the Soft AC format a second time, and with it WROE's longtime call sign. The stations became WYDR (94.3) and WZDR (99.7/101.9) and adopted a classic hits/classic rock hybrid format as "The Drive," a format similar to that of WDRV in Chicago and sister station WOZZ, which adopted a more mainstream rock format at the same time and date as "The Drive's" debut (and using 99.7's former WRQE call sign).

On March 16, 2015, WZDR split off from its simulcast with WYDR, changing its call sign to WDKF. WDKF now simulcasts with sister station WGEE (93.5 Duke FM).

On October 23, 2015, WYDR dropped the "Drive" format after five years and rebranded as a Jack FM affiliate. This is the second time that the station has adopted an Adult Hits format (since "The Bridge" in 2006). While WYDR pays to license the Jack FM name, the station is locally programmed and is not part of the syndicated format that is delivered via satellite. [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WUBL</span> Country music radio station in Atlanta

WUBL is a commercial radio station known as 94-9 The Bull. It is owned by iHeartMedia and it plays a country music radio format. The studios and offices are located at the Peachtree Palisades Building in the Brookwood Hills district of Atlanta. It has local DJs in the daytime and at nighttime it carries two syndicated Premiere Networks country music programs, The Bobby Bones Show and After MidNite With Granger Smith. The station's radio transmitter is located just northeast of Atlanta near Druid Hills Road in North Druid Hills, with several other stations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WIAD</span> FM radio station in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.

WIAD is a commercial radio station licensed to Bethesda, Maryland, and serving the Washington metropolitan area. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc., through licensee Audacy License, LLC, and broadcasts a classic hits radio format, branded as "94.7 The Drive". The studios and offices are on Half Street SE near the Navy Yard in Southeast Washington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KMYI</span> Hot adult contemporary radio station in San Diego

KMYI is a commercial radio station in San Diego, California, airing a hot adult contemporary music format. It is owned by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located in San Diego's Kearny Mesa neighborhood on the northeast side, and the transmitter is located in La Jolla. It broadcasts from the KGTV Tower, shared with several other San Diego FM stations and KGTV. KMYI is the oldest continuously operating FM station in the San Diego metropolitan area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WTAQ</span> Radio station in Green Bay and Glenmore, Wisconsin

WTAQ and WTAQ-FM are conservative news/talk-formatted radio stations, licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin (AM) and Glenmore, Wisconsin (FM), that serve the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. The stations are owned by Midwest Communications.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Midwest Communications</span> American radio broadcasting company

Midwest Communications, Inc. is a Wausau, Wisconsin–based radio broadcasting company. It owns 82 radio stations located primarily within the Midwest United States, in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Illinois and Wisconsin. The company is a family-owned business and is headed by the Wright family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KOMA (FM)</span> Radio station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

KOMA is a classic hits formatted FM radio station serving the Oklahoma City area owned by Tyler Media, a locally-based, family-owned company controlled by brothers Ty and Tony Tyler. The station's studios are located in Northeast Oklahoma City with a transmitter site located a mile east from the studio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNFL</span> Radio station in Green Bay, Wisconsin

WNFL is an American all-sports radio station located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The station is locally owned and operated by Midwest Communications, which owns six other stations in Northeast Wisconsin. WNFL simulcasts the programming of WRNW in Milwaukee from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. The station is also an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, carrying much of their line-up for the remainder of the day and on weekends. It airs one minute news updates from CBS at approximately 45 minutes past the hour. In addition to the station's sports-talk offerings, WNFL airs Milwaukee Bucks basketball play-by-play and local high school football and basketball games. Milwaukee Brewers baseball games during the work week are also on WNFL, with night and weekend games on sister station WTAQ.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNCY-FM</span> Radio station in Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin

WNCY-FM is an American commercial country music formatted radio station licensed to Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin, that serves the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. WNCY is owned and operated by Midwest Communications, which owns six other radio stations in Northeast Wisconsin. WNCY's studios are located at 1420 Bellevue Street in Bellevue, while its transmitter is located in a rural area east of the city of Kaukauna.

WIXX is an adult Top 40/CHR radio station licensed to and serving Green Bay, Wisconsin, along with Appleton, Oshkosh, and much of Northeast Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated by Wausau, Wisconsin-based Midwest Communications, and is part of a Midwest-owned cluster of 8 stations in the market. WIXX broadcasts from studios located on Bellevue Street in the Green Bay suburb of Bellevue, and transmits from a tower on Scray Hill in the Brown County town of Ledgeview, sharing a site with WBAY-TV, WPNE-TV, and WPNE-FM. WIXX's main competition comes from WKSZ/WKZY, a Top 40 (CHR) simulcast broadcasting to the same area.

WOZZ is a mainstream rock radio station licensed to Mosinee, Wisconsin, serving the Wausau, Wisconsin, market. The station is owned and operated by Duke Wright's Midwest Communications and operates at an ERP of 50,000 watts. The station simulcasts on translator W275AC, licensed to Wausau.

WNFZ is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Powell, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. WNFZ is owned by Midwest Communications. It airs an adult hits radio format, subscribing to the nationally syndicated JACK-FM service. It uses the slogan "Playing What We Want!" The General Manager is Randy Ross.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WGEE (FM)</span> Radio station in New London, Wisconsin

WGEE is a classic country radio station owned and operated by Midwest Communications, licensed to New London, Wisconsin, and serving the Northeast Wisconsin area, including Appleton, Oshkosh, and Green Bay, and is repeated on full-powered station WDKF, which is licensed to Sturgeon Bay. WGEE's studios are located on Bellevue Street in Green Bay, while its main transmitter is located in Maine Township in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WFNF (FM)</span> Radio station in Indiana, US

WFNF is an FM radio station licensed to the city of Brazil, Indiana. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 92.7 MHz, FM channel 224. The studios were located at 1301 Ohio Street in Terre Haute, Indiana, but were moved to 925 Wabash Avenue Suite 300. The building at 13th and Ohio was completely torn down in July 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WGTZ</span> Radio station in Eaton, Ohio

WGTZ is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Eaton, Ohio and serving the Dayton and Springfield radio market. It airs an adult hits format, using the national Jack FM music service and is branded as "92-9 Jack FM." The station operates without DJs. It is owned by Portland-based Alpha Media with studios in Kettering, Ohio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WMTX</span> Radio station in Tampa, Florida

WMTX is a commercial radio station in Tampa, Florida, known as "Mix 100.7". It has an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It is owned by iHeartMedia, with its studios and offices on Gandy Boulevard in Tampa. WMTX serves as the primary Emergency Alert System station for the Tampa Bay area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KTXR</span> Radio station in Springfield, Missouri

KTXR is a radio station licensed to Springfield, Missouri, United States broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format. The station was previously a sports talk format known as "JOCK 98.7 ESPN." This format moved to 98.7 FM's sister stations KBFL and KBFL-FM on July 30, 2020, as part of the purchase of the Meyer Communications owned stations by Zimmer Midwest Communications.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WEZY (FM)</span> Radio station in Kewaunee, Wisconsin

WEZY is a Regional Mexican formatted radio station licensed to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, that serves the Green Bay area. The station is owned by Magnum Broadcasting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WQEZ</span> Radio station in Fort Campbell, Kentucky

WQEZ is a radio station broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format. Licensed to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Clarksville–Hopkinsville area. The station is owned by Saga Communications through licensee Saga Communications of Tuckessee, LLC, and operates as part of its Five Star Media Group. Its tower and transmitter located on Stateline Road in Oak Grove, Kentucky immediately outside the main gates of the Ft. Campbell, Kentucky military installation.

WFZZ is an alternative rock-formatted radio station licensed to Seymour, Wisconsin and serving the Fox Cities and Northeast Wisconsin. Owned and operated by Woodward Communications, WFZZ's studios are located on College Avenue in Appleton, while its transmitter is located in Seymour.

WDKF is a radio station licensed to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The station serves the Green Bay area simulcasting co-owned WGEE with a classic country format as Duke FM. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications, with studios in Bellevue, and its main transmitter located near the town of Lincoln in Kewaunee County.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WYDR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WYDR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  3. ↑ Ellis, Jon (24 April 2022). "Packers Network Adds Affiliates as Milwaukee Flagship Changes". Northpine. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Gerds, Warren (1990-01-20). "Plenty at stake as HDTV looms on horizon". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 25. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  5. ↑ "WYDR Appleton Flips to Jack-FM".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.