WRDD

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For the former WRDD in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, see WRDD (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania).
WRDD
Satellite of WCAT-FM, Carlisle
CityShippensburg, Pennsylvania
Frequency1480 kHz
BrandingRed 102.3
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerShippensburg Broadcasting, Inc
WCAT-FM, WHYL, WIOO
History
First air date
December 5, 1961 (1961-12-05)
Former call signs
WSHP (1961–2000)
WEEO (2000–2021)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID67452
ClassD
Power410 watts (daytime)
9 watts (nighttime)
Transmitter coordinates
40°04′30.32″N 77°32′0″W / 40.0750889°N 77.53333°W / 40.0750889; -77.53333 (WEEO)Coordinates: 40°04′30.32″N 77°32′0″W / 40.0750889°N 77.53333°W / 40.0750889; -77.53333 (WEEO)
Translator(s)100.3 MHz W262DL (Shippensburg)
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
WebcastListen Live
Websitered1023.com

WRDD (1480 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The station simulcasts a country music radio format with sister station WCAT-FM Carlisle, called "Red 102.3". It is owned by Shippenburg Broadcasting.

By day, WRDD is powered at 410 watts. But to avoid interference at night with other stations on 1480 AM, WRDD reduces power to only 9 watts at sunset. Programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W262DL at 100.3 MHz.

History[]

WSHP[]

Arthur Greiner founded the station, originally known as WSHP, in 1961. The name of the original licensee was Town Radio, Inc. Greiner served as the company's president and the station's general manager. Greiner operated the radio station until his death.

WSHP originally was a daytimer station with a power output of 500 watts. It remained a daytime-only station until it received nighttime power authorization in the late 1980s that allowed it to operate after sunset.

Sale to Allegheny Mountain Network[]

Cary Simpson's Allegheny Mountain Network group of station purchased the station in October 1996. On April 28, 2000, the station changed its call letters to WEEO.

In 2008 due to major mechanical failure of the internal radiator element of the Valcom, the station constructed a 150-foot folded unipole designed by R. Morgan Burrow, Jr. P.E.,[1] which yields a higher operating efficiency than the Valcom fiberglass antenna that had been used.

WRDD[]

On September 29, 2021 WEEO changed its format from a simulcast of classic country-formatted WIOO to a simulcast of country-formatted WCAT-FM 102.3 Carlisle under new WRDD call letters.[2]

Call sign history[]

The WEEO call sign was previously assigned to a Top-40 station in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, broadcasting on 1130 kHz with 1,000 watts.

Translator[]

WRDD programming is broadcast on the following translator:

Broadcast translators of WRDD
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license Facility
ID		 ERP
(W)		 Height
(m (ft))		 Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W262DL 100.3 Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 200357 250 402 m (1,319 ft) D 39°57′40.3″N 77°28′31.0″W / 39.961194°N 77.475278°W / 39.961194; -77.475278 (W262DL) FCC LMS

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References[]

  1. ^ https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=764731&formid=911&q_num=5330
  2. ^ "Central Pennsylvania Sees More Red". RadioInsight. September 29, 2021.

External links[]

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