WSDZ
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| City of license | Belleville, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Branding | 1260 AM The Answer |
| Slogan | Intelligent, Conservative |
| Frequency | 1260 kHz |
| First air date | 1947 (as WIBV) |
| Format | Conservative Talk |
| Power | 20,000 watts day 5,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 4622 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | W St. Louis DiZney (former owner) |
| Former callsigns | WIBV (1947-1998) |
| Affiliations | Salem Radio Network |
| Owner | Salem Media Group (Caron Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Website | www |
WSDZ (1260 AM) is a Conservative Talk formatted radio station licensed to Belleville, Illinois, serving the Greater St. Louis. The station, which began broadcasting in 1947, is owned and operated by Salem Media Group. The WSDZ broadcast license is held by Caron Broadcasting, Inc.[1]
WSDZ along with KMOX are responsible for activation of the St. Louis area Emergency Alert System.[2]
History
The station began in July 1947 as WIBV ("Belleville's Voice"), daytime only, on 1060 kHz with 250 W power. It was owned by Belleville Broadcasting Co.[3]
WIBV aired various types of music, and broadcasting a variety of high school sports into the Metro-East area for many years, until the mid-1990s, when it became an all-news/talk station, a fore-runner of KTRS.
WIBV became WSDZ, when it transferred all of its programming over to KSD-AM, which became KTRS in early-1997. Since then, it has been the Radio Disney affiliate for the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
On August 13, 2014, it was announced that Radio Disney planned to sell all of its remaining owned-and-operated stations (including WSDZ and with the lone exception of KDIS in Los Angeles) in order to focus more on the network's programming, co-branded events, and digital outlets.[4][5] Disney originally planned to temporarily shut down the stations in question on September 26, 2014.[6] However, Disney changed their plans at the last minute, and all stations would remain on the air, continuing to broadcast Radio Disney programming until each were sold.[7]
On September 15, it was announced that Salem Media Group acquired the last five Radio Disney owned-and-operated stations for sale (including WSDZ) for $2.225 million.[8] WSDZ was acquired through Caron Broadcasting, Inc., for $275,000.[9][10][11] The sale of WSDZ was completed on December 18, 2015.[12]
On December 11, 2015; Radio Disney programming went off the air and WSDZ went silent, pending its new format. On December 22, 2015 WSDZ signed back on the air with their new conservative talk format as "1260 AM The Answer".
References
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- ↑ Emergency Alert System Plan - June 2006
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (subscription required)
- ↑ Salem Acquires Radio Disney’s Final Five - Radio Insight
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- ↑ WSDZ of Belleville changes hands - St. Louis Business Journal
- ↑ Belleville radio station being sold - Belleville News-Democrat
- ↑ Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission
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