WDNS
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| Broadcast area | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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| Frequency | 93.3 MHz |
| Branding | D93 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | United Stations Radio Network[1] Westwood One[2] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Daily News Broadcasting Company |
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| History | |
First air date | March 14, 1973 |
Former frequencies | 98.3 MHz (1973–1995)[3] |
Call sign meaning | Daily News (former sister newspaper) |
| Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 15258 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 12,000 watts |
| HAAT | 144 metres (472 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°56′39″N 86°15′11″W / 36.94417°N 86.25306°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wdnsfm.com |
WDNS (93.3 FM) is a classic rock-formatted radio station licensed to, located in, and serving Bowling Green, Kentucky. The station is owned by the Daily News Broadcasting Company as part of a duopoly with News Talk Information station WKCT (930 AM). Both stations share studios on College Street in downtown Bowling Green, and its transmitter is located along Iron Bridge Road adjacent to the Barren River southeast of the city.[5]
The station began broadcasting at 98.3 MHz on March 14, 1973.[6] At the time, it was broadcasting a beautiful music format [7] until switching to an Adult contemporary format in the early 1980s.[8] At the time, the station was originally branded as D-98.[9]
In 1989, the station switched to an album-oriented rock format. The classic rock format came to the station in 1991, and the station has been broadcasting that format ever since.[10]
In 1995, Hot AC-formatted station WQXE in Elizabethtown requested to move to 98.3 MHz. In response, WDNS moved to its current 93.3 MHz frequency in order to avoid signal interference with [3][11] The 98.3 frequency was not used in the Bowling Green area again until 2014, when low-powered translator station W252CV was signed on by in-market rock radio rival WPTQ to simulcast that station's HD2 subchannel for the benefit of listeners who do not own a HD Radio set.