Diemazz

WDHT
City of license	Springfield, Ohio
Broadcast area	Dayton
Branding	"Hot 102.9"
Slogan	"Blazin' Hip Hop and R&B"
Frequency	102.9 MHZ
First air date	1958
Format	Mainstream Urban/Rhythmic Contemporary
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	We're Dayton's HoT
Owner	Main Line Broadcasting
Sister stations	WGTZ, WING, WKSW, WROU
Website	Hot 102.9's website

WDHT, "Hot 102.9", is an urban radio station in Springfield, Ohio serving the Dayton area that broadcasts on the 102.9 frequency. WDHT is currently owned by Main Line Broadcasting which also owns WING-AM, WROU-FM, WKSW-FM(Kiss Country) and WGTZ-FM(Fly 92.9).Its transmitter site on Miller Road in Springfield is shared with that of WULM-AM which still operates a locally originating studio in Springfield as this was previously the transmitting site of the former WBLY-AM/WAZU-FM. Radio U (WUFM) based in Columbus also operates a Springfield translator (W254BJ at 98.7) from the same tower site.

History

Prior to becoming WDHT, the 102.9 frequency was originally WBLY-FM from 1958 to 1979, simulcasting middle of the road WBLY-AM before the FM switch to rock. In the late 70s they were known as WAZU, "FM-103 The Zoo...from A to Z to U." and played album oriented rock and occasionally some adult contemporary. In the mid to late-80s they simply billed themselves as 103 WAZU, and later as 102.9 WAZU. On January 15, 1989, the station briefly went dark, and when they returned to the airwaves later that day they had switched directions to album oriented rock and began billing themselves as "The Big WAZU", which lasted until March 19, 1993, by which time the station had evolved into a harder-edged Active Rock, when the station flipped formats to Classic Rock as "Classic Rock 102.9 WAZU". Also to note in between the flip from Active Rock to Classic Rock, WAZU briefly stunted as "102.9 WZEP-All Led Zeppelin, All The Time". During this tenure, WAZU competed fiercely with WTUE-FM. The frequency changed their calls to WING-FM in 1995 and employed a Classic Rock format from 1995 to 2001. The station then became Blazin' Hip Hop and R & B, the new Hot 102.9 on August 3, 2001.

In 1992, WAZU was sold to Osborn Communications by "Smilin' Bob" Yountz's Champion City Broadcasting, owners of the former WBLY-AM (now WULM-AM) and moved the studios to Dayton. WAZU-FM's studios were originally located in its city of license of Springfield. After then-owner Great Trails Broadcsting dropped the WAZU calls in May, 1995, the WAZU calls moved to 107.1 FM, licensed to Circleville, south of Columbus, Ohio, in late 1996. They also used the "Big WAZU" nickname and Active Rock format, as well as using the exact same imaging as 102.9 did in early 1993. That station is now Wink 107.1/WNKK, with a country music format.

In 2001 Radio One acquired WING and flipped it to a Rhythmic Contemporary station suddenly on August 3, 2001. The station retained the WING-FM calls until October 24, 2001, when the calls offically changed to WDHT. Two years later in 2003, Radio One bought out rival urban station WROU, which was Dayton's last locally owned FM radio station, and was converted to Urban AC-formatted, a move that allowed WDHT to evolve into a Mainstream Urban direction, even though its presentation is more along the lines of that of a Churban-formatted station (like WPGC-FM/Washington, D.C.).

Under Radio One, WDHT was known for voice-tracking programming and repetition of songs in their playlists, which tends to favor Churban-friendly Rhythmic hits, but since the change in ownership it has taken on a more live and local presentation. Also, in the wake of sister station WGTZ's flip to Adult Hits, it has also taken on a more broader Rhythmic direction than ever, which might be due to the competition it has with rival Top 40 WDKF, whose direction leans Rhythmic. The station also airs the Russ Parr morning show.

On May 17, 2007 Philadelphia-based Main Line Broadcasting announced the acquisition of Radio One's stations in the Dayton and Louisville market areas^[1]. Main Line took over the Dayton stations on September 14, 2007^[2].

It has been speculated that sister station WKSW "Kiss Country" has been appoved by the FCC to move its frequency from 101.7 to 101.5 and its city of licence from Urbana to Enon just outside of Springfield. As part of a trade off, WDHT will switch its city of license from Springfield to Urbana although its transmitter will remain in Springfield when the WKSW move to 101.5 will officially take place.This move was planned in 2006 before Radio One sold its Dayton area cluster to Mainline.

References

External links

• Official WDHT website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WDHT
• Radio Locator information on WDHT
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WDHT

Site Map: RSS 2.0

Recent Searches: WDHT
Image:Xsampa w2 png
Pierre et Gilles
Category:Korea stubs
Émile Peynot
Pierre Petit
Léon Germain Pelouse
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe Gotha
Jean Le Pautre
Victor Jean Nicolle

Related Pages:
"wdht radio station"
"wdht fm radio station"
"radio one"
"wdht dayton"