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Broadcast area
  
Driftless Region

Language(s)
  
Multilingual

HAAT
  
132.5 meters

Frequency
  
91.9 MHz

Format
  
Community radio

Call sign meaning
  
driftless, dirt, grounded

First air date
  
September 17, 2010

ERP
  
480 watts

Class
  
A

City of license
  
Viroqua

Area
  
Driftless Area


Owner
  
Driftless Community Radio, Inc_

Slogan
  
Community radio from the ground up!

WDRT (91.9 FM “Driftless Community Radio”) is a radio station that broadcasts a community radio format. Licensed to Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States, it serves the Driftless Region in Southwest Wisconsin. WDRT first began broadcasting in 2010. The station is currently owned by Driftless Community Radio Inc.

Contents

Wdrt viroqua forgotten tunes


History

WDRT started as an Internet audio stream on 30 June 2005 while Driftless Community Radio, Inc. (DCR) was waiting for the US FCC to accept applications for new non-commercial radio stations. radiodriftless.org (now defunct) streamed audio, both live and pre-recorded for four years.

After negotiating a buyout with a competitive license application in Sparta, WI, DCR was granted a construction permit by the FCC on 24 March 2009. Per FCC rules, DCR had three years to complete the construction of the station.

In September 2009 DCR leased a 1400-square foot space on Viroqua’s Main Street for its studios, and commenced studio construction.

A year later on 17 September 2010, WDRT began broadcasting on its assign frequency, 91.9 MHz and has broadcast (more or less) continuously since then.

References

WDRT Wikipedia