WDRM

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WDRM
City of license Decatur, Alabama
Broadcast area Huntsville, Alabama
Branding 102.1 WDRM
Slogan "Continuous Country Favorites"
Frequency 102.1 MHz (Also on HD Radio)
102.1 HD-2 for New Country
Format Country
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 299 meters (982 feet)
Class C1
Facility ID 44024
Transmitter Coordinates 34°47′36″N, 86°37′51″W
Callsign meaning Decatur Radio Market[1]
Former callsigns WDRM-FM[2]
Affiliations Fox News Radio during late-night
Owner Clear Channel Communications
(Capstar TX Limited Partnership)
Sister stations WBHP, WHOS, WQRV, WTAK-FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.wdrm.com/

WDRM (102.1 FM, "102.1 WDRM") is a country music formatted radio station licensed to Decatur, Alabama, and owned by Clear Channel Communications. It serves the Huntsville, Alabama, area.[3]

WDRM has been consistently ranked by Arbitron as the most-listened to radio station in the Huntsville market for two decades.[4][5][6] The weekday morning show hosted by Dan McClain and Brent "Dingo" Crank is top-rated in the Huntsville market.[7]

Except for a a short period from 1982 to 1986 when it was officially "WDRM-FM" to accommodate a co-owned AM station being branded as "WDRM", this station has been assigned the WDRM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since it was initially licensed.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nelson, Bob (2008-02-02). Call Letter Origins. The Broadcast Archive.
  2. ^ a b Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  4. ^ Welch, Chris. "WTAK rockets to No. 2 spot", The Huntsville Times, 2007-08-19. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. "WTAK-FM 106.1, classic rock, which tied for 10th in the winter survey, jumped to second behind its Clear Channel mate WDRM." 
  5. ^ Welch, Chris. "Contenders shift in radio ratings", The Huntsville Times, 2007-02-18. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. "No surprise, country giant WDRM-FM 102.1 remained No. 1 in the fall Arbitron radio ratings - as it has done for the last 20 years." 
  6. ^ Welch, Chris. "WDRM-FM still king of area radio", The Huntsville Times, 2007-12-09. "Country giant WDRM-FM 102.1 continued its two-decade dominance of the local Arbitron radio ratings by winning the summer period, but there were a lot of changes among the contenders." 
  7. ^ "'Dingo' returns to WDRM as part of morning show team", The Huntsville Times, 2007-01-14. Retrieved on 2007-12-28. "Dingo is back. Brent "Dingo" Crank has rejoined WDRM-FM 102.1 as part of Dan McClain's "Dan and Dingo" morning show. Crank brings his upbeat style of good ol' boy humor and enthusiasm to the 5 to 10 a.m. show and station that has been rated No. 1 by Arbitron listeners for the last several years." 

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