WRDD
Satellite ofWCAT-FM,Carlisle | |
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Frequency | 1480kHz |
Branding | Red 102.3 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner | Shippensburg Broadcasting, Inc |
WCAT-FM,WHYL,WIOO | |
History | |
First air date | December 5, 1961 |
Former call signs | WSHP (1961–2000) WEEO (2000–2021) |
Call signmeaning | "Red" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 67452 |
Class | D |
Power | 410wattsday 9 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°04′30″N77°32′09″W/ 40.07500°N 77.53583°W |
Translator(s) | 100.3W262DL (Shippensburg) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | red1023.com |
WRDD(1480AM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed to serveShippensburg, Pennsylvania.The stationsimulcastsacountry musicradio formatwithsister stationWCAT-FMCarlisle,called "Red 102.3". It is owned by Shippenburg Broadcasting.
By day, WRDD transmits with 410watts,but to avoid interference at night with other stations on1480 AM,WRDD reduces power to 9 watts at sunset. Programming is heard around the clock onFM translatorW262DL at 100.3 MHz.
History
[edit]WSHP
[edit]Arthur Greiner founded the station, originally known as WSHP, in 1961. The name of the original licensee was Town Radio, Inc. Greiner served as the company's president and the station's general manager. Greiner operated the radio station until his death.
WSHP originally was adaytimerstation with a power output of 500 watts. It remained a daytime-only station until it received nighttime power authorization in the late 1980s that allowed it to operate after sunset.
Sale to Allegheny Mountain Network
[edit]Cary Simpson's Allegheny Mountain Network group of station purchased the station in October 1996. On April 28, 2000, the station changed its callsign to WEEO.
In 2008, due to major mechanical failure of the internal radiator element of the Valcom fiberglass antenna in use, the station constructed a 150-foot folded unipole designed by R. Morgan Burrow, Jr.P.E.[2][3]which yields a higher operating efficiency than the Valcom.
WRDD
[edit]On September 29, 2021, WEEO changed its format from a simulcast of classic country-formattedWIOOto a simulcast of country-formattedWCAT-FM102.3 Carlisle under new WRDD call letters.[4]
Translator
[edit]WRDD programming is broadcast on the followingtranslator:
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP(W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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W262DL | 100.3 FM | Shippensburg, Pennsylvania | 200357 | 250 | 402m(1,319ft) | D | 39°57′40.3″N77°28′31.0″W/ 39.961194°N 77.475278°W | LMS |
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WRDD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Sketch of the 150 foot folded unipole antenna".R. Morgan Burrow, Jr.April 10, 2014.RetrievedNovember 4,2022.
- ^"Unknown".[permanent dead link]
- ^"Central Pennsylvania Sees More Red".RadioInsight.September 29, 2021.
- 1963 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1967 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1972 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1980 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1990 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1995 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 1998 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
- 2000 Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 67452 (WRDD)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WRDDinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 200357 (W262DL)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- W262DLat FCCdata.org
- FCC History Cards for WRDD