WDRU
| City of license | Creedmoor, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Raleigh/Durham Research Triangle |
| Branding | AM 1030 the Truth |
| Frequency | 1030 kHz |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Power | 50,000 watts daytime only |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 53104 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Former callsigns | WFTK (1987-2005) |
| Affiliations | Salem Radio Network |
| Owner | Truth Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | WTRU |
| Website | truthnetwork.com |
WDRU (1030 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Creedmoor, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Raleigh, North Carolina area. The station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation and features programming from Salem Radio Network.[1]
WDRU broadcasts Wake Forest Demon Deacons sports programming, beginning with the 2012 football season. Its parent company, Truth Broadcasting, reached a deal with WEGO in Winston-Salem and WKEW in Greensboro to provide coverage along the I-40 corridor, which had been covered by WZTK before flipping to Spanish programming.[2][3]
History
WFTK was a Christian radio station and later aired Spanish language programming before Truth Broadcasting changed to the current format.[4]
The station was licensed as WBZN in 1984, but signed on in 1988 as WFTK, from studios along NC 56 in Butner, NC. On May 3, 2005, WFTK became WDRU.[5]
Originally licensed to Wake Forest, the station moved its license to Creedmoor in 2005. It also altered its signal pattern in order to better serve listeners in the western portion of the Triangle (Durham, Chapel Hill).
Translators
WDRU broadcasts during daytime hours only unlike its sister station, WTRU in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem market. This is to protect WBZ in Boston. However, the station does operate FM translators, both which broadcast 24 hours.[6][7][8] The station is also heard in HD Radio at 103.9-2, WNNL-FM HD2.
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP W |
Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W288BU | 105.5 | Durham, North Carolina | 9 | D | FCC |
| W289BD | 105.7 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 250 | D | FCC |
References
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- ↑ David Ranii, "Spanish radio station sold", News & Observer, 2005-03-25.
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External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WDRU
- Radio-Locator Information on WDRU
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDRU
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W288BU
- Radio-Locator Information on W288BU
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W289BD
- Radio-Locator Information on W289BD
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