WRDD (1480 AM) is a commercial 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.

WRDD
Satellite of WCAT-FM, Carlisle
Frequency1480 kHz
BrandingRed 102.3
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
OwnerShippensburg Broadcasting, Inc
WCAT-FM, WHYL, WIOO
History
First air date
December 5, 1961; 62 years ago (1961-12-05)
Former call signs
WSHP (1961–2000)
WEEO (2000–2021)
Call sign meaning
"Red"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID67452
ClassD
Power410 watts day
9 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°04′30″N 77°32′09″W / 40.07500°N 77.53583°W / 40.07500; -77.53583 (WEEO)
Translator(s)100.3 W262DL (Shippensburg)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitered1023.com

By day, WRDD transmits with 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 edit

WSHP edit

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 edit

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 fiberglass antenna in use, the station constructed a 150-foot folded unipole designed by R. Morgan Burrow, Jr. P.E.[2] [3] which yields a higher operating efficiency than the Valcom.

WRDD edit

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.[4]

Translator edit

WRDD programming is broadcast on the following translator:

Broadcast translator for WRDD
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W262DL 100.3 FM 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) LMS

References edit

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRDD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Sketch of the 150 foot folded unipole antenna". R. Morgan Burrow, Jr. April 10, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Unknown".[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Central Pennsylvania Sees More Red". RadioInsight. September 29, 2021.

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