WDAE

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WDAE
kHz
Branding95.3 WDAE & AM 620
Programming
FormatSports
NetworkESPN Radio
AffiliationsFox Sports Radio
Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
WBTP, WFLA, WFLZ-FM, WFUS, WHNZ, WMTX, WXTB
History
First air date
May 15, 1922 (101 years ago) (1922-05-15)
Call sign meaning
None; assigned from a sequential list
Technical information
Facility ID74198
ClassB
Power5,600 watts day
5,500 watts night
STA 11,280 watts day
STA 11,000 watts night
250 watts translator
Translator(s)95.3 W237CW (Pinellas Park)
Repeater(s)95.7 WBTP-HD3 (Clearwater)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Website953wdae.iheart.com

WDAE (620

studios and offices are on West Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa.[1] The transmitter site is located near the Gandy Bridge in St. Petersburg.[2]

WDAE is licensed to broadcast with 5,600

FM translator W237CW at 95.3 MHz and on the HD3 digital subchannel of co-owned WBTP
(95.7 FM).

Programming

Three local shows are heard on weekdays on WDAE: Ronnie Lane and Tom Krasniqi – "The Ronnie and Tkras Show" in late mornings, Pat Donovan and Aaron Jacobson with "The Pat and Aaron Show" in early afternoons, and

syndicated programming from ESPN Radio. Some programming from Fox Sports Radio
is also heard on the station.

FM Translator

Programming is

FM translator
W237CW.

Broadcast translator
for WDAE
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)
HAAT
 Class FCC info
W237CW 95.3 FM Pinellas Park, Florida 147104 250 161.1 m (529 ft) D LMS

History

WDAE AM 1250 history

On December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, adopted the first regulations formally establishing a broadcasting station category, which set aside the wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) for entertainment broadcasts, and 485 meters (619 kHz) for market and weather reports.[4]

On May 15, 1922, the Tampa Times, an afternoon daily newspaper, was issued a license for operation on both the 365 and 485 meter wavelengths.[5] The call sign, WDAE, was randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call letters. WDAE was the second Florida broadcasting station licensed under the new regulations, following WCAN in Jacksonville, which was authorized seven days earlier,[6] and, after a series of test transmissions, made its formal debut on May 17.[7] WCAN was deleted on October 26, 1922.[8] (Some sources have listed WQAM in Miami as Florida's oldest station, with varying claims of a history dating back to as early as 1920,[9] however FCC records report WQAM's "Date First Licensed" as January 23, 1923.)

WDAE, as most early radio stations, broadcast on several frequencies during its beginning years, settling on

AM 1250 by 1941.[10] In 1947, still owned by the newspaper, it added an FM station, 105.7 WDAE-FM (now WMTX 100.7 FM).[11]

Through the 1940s and 50s, WDAE-AM-FM were

CBS Radio Network affiliates, carrying its dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band remotes during the Golden Age of Radio. In the late 1960s, WDAE-FM switched to beautiful music, while the AM station was a popular Top 40
station.

WDAE aired the popular talk show "Desperate & Dateless" on Friday nights with host Rosemary Haddad and producer Sam Cardinale. In the 1980s, as Top 40 listening switched to FM, WDAE changed to an oldies format.[12] By the 1990s, it had moved to adult standards and later began simulcasting the adult contemporary music format of co-owned WUSA (100.7 FM, now WMTX) in November 1990.[13]

In March 1994, WDAE switched to classic country as "Country Gold Froggy 1250" with former WUSA personalities whose on-air names became I.B. Green, Jimmy Hoppa and Davey Croakett.[14]

In 1999, the station was acquired by Clear Channel Communications, the previous name of current owner iHeartMedia. Clear Channel switched WDAE to its current all-sports format as "The Sports Animal."

WSUN AM 620 history

For the history of the 620 frequency prior to WDAE, see WSUN (AM).

On November 1,

full service middle of the road music format.[16]

Through the 1970s and 80s, WSUN aired

WTWD
).

WDAE moves to 620

On New Year's Day 2000, three Tampa Bay radio stations, including WDAE, were involved in a frequency swap. WSUN had previously vacated AM 620, moving to AM 910. WDAE and its sports format moved from 1250 to 620.

Salem Communications bought WTBN the following year, installing a Christian radio
format.

In late 2012, WDAE became the Tampa Bay home of ESPN Radio, as rival sports station WHBO (1040 AM) switched affiliation to the new NBC Sports Radio Network.

On November 28, 2018, WDAE rebranded as "95.3 WDAE", utilizing the FM translator in its branding.[20]

Sports team associations

WDAE is the

Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
auto race.

The station had been the flagship station for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football. Beginning with the 2017 season, the team's broadcasts move to co-owned active rock station 97.9 FM WXTB. WDAE continues to air interviews with players and coaches during game weeks.[21]

WDAE had also been the flagship radio station for the

Arena Football League (later heard on sister station WHNZ
).

(WDAE's logo using the primary 620 AM frequency branding)

References

  1. ^ "95.3 WDAE Contact Info: Number, Address, Advertising & More". 95.3 WDAE. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "WDAE-AM Radio Station Coverage Map". radio-locator.com. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "Find 95.3 WDAE's Sunday Live On-Air Schedule". 95.3 WDAE. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "Radio service bulletin / Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce NO41-60 1920-1922". HathiTrust. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  5. ^ "Radio Service Bulletin no. 1-68 (1915-22)". HathiTrust. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  6. ^ "Radio Service Bulletin no. 1-68 (1915-22)". HathiTrust. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  7. ^ "Program Will be Broadcast Tonight by WCAN Station Established by Southeastern Radiotelephone Company", (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, May 17, 1922, as reprinted in "1922: Radio Comes To Florida" (Chapter 3), Towers in the Sand: The History of Florida Broadcasting by Donn R. Colee Jr., 2016.
  8. ^ "Radio Service Bulletin no. 1-68 (1915-22)". HathiTrust. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  9. ^ "WQAM-FM Miami Now In Operation on Tests", Broadcasting, September 23, 1946, page 56. "WFAW, forerunner of WQAM, began operations with a 50 w transmitter in 1920"
  10. ^ Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1942 page 118
  11. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 116
  12. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1982 page B-55
  13. ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1990/RR-1990-11-09.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  14. ^ Stark, Phyllis (January 15, 1994). "Vox Jox". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 3.
  15. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-47
  16. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B46
  17. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1983 page B-54
  18. ^ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1995 page B-92" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  19. ^ "Radio station's move to bump Bay News 9". St. Petersburg Times. December 2, 1999. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  20. ^ "WDAE Moves Focus Away From AM". Radioinsight. November 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  21. ^ "Bucs-iHeart Deal Will Put NFL Team's Games on New Home". Insideradio.com. April 18, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2024.

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