WING
Radio station in Dayton, Ohio / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WING (1410 AM) is a commercial radio station in Dayton, Ohio operating with 5,000 watts along with studios, offices and transmitter located on David Road in Kettering. It is the first (and oldest) full-time commercial radio station in Dayton. It is currently a local affiliate for ESPN Radio and the Ohio State Sports Network, but is best known and remembered as Dayton's first Top 40-formatted station.
Broadcast area | Dayton, Ohio |
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Frequency | 1410 kHz |
Branding | ESPN WING 1410 AM |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Affiliations | ESPN Radio Ohio State Sports Network |
Ownership | |
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WDHT, WGTZ, WCLI-FM, WROU-FM | |
History | |
First air date | June 4, 1924; 100 years ago (1924-06-04) (as WDBS)[1] |
Former call signs | WDBS (1924–1925) WSMK (1925–1939) |
Call sign meaning | In honor of Dayton's history as the birthplace of aviation |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 25039 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°40′56″N 84°9′33″W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | wingam.com |
WING operates at 5,000 watts around the clock. A single tower is used during the day, providing at least secondary coverage to most of southwestern Ohio. At night, two towers are used in a directional pattern to protect CFTE in Vancouver, British Columbia, concentrating the signal around Dayton.