WDHT

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WDHT

City of license	Springfield, Ohio
Broadcast area	Dayton
Branding	"Hot 102.9"
Slogan	"Blazin' Hip Hop and R&B"
First air date	1958
Frequency	102.9 MHZ
Format	Mainstream Urban
ERP	50,000 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	We're Dayton's HoT
Owner	Radio One
Website	Hot 102.9's website

WDHT, "Hot 102.9", is an urban radio station in Springfield, Ohio serving the Dayton area that broadcasts on the 102.9 frequency. WDHT is currently owned by Radio One which also owns WING-AM, WROU -FM, WKSW-FM(Kiss Country) and WGTZ-FM(Z-93). The station airs the Russ Parr morning show. WDHT is known for voice-tracking programming as well as repetition in their playlists. Radio One recently bought out rival urban station WROU, which was Dayton's last locally owned FM radio station. WROU was converted to an Urban AC-formatted radio station.

[edit] History

Prior to becoming WDHT, the frequency operated as WING-FM from 1995 to 2001 and played classic rock. Before that it was WAZU-FM "102.9 The Big Wazzoo," purchased in 1992 by Osborn Communications from "Smilin' Bob" Yountz's Champion City Broadcasting, owners of the former WBLY-AM(now WULM-AM) moving the studios to Dayton playing album oriented rock from 1988 to 1995 and competed fiercely with WTUE-FM. WAZU-FM's studios were originally located in its city of license of Springfield with sister station WBLY-AM and played album oriented rock and occasionally some adult contemporary from 1979 to 1988 as "FM-103 The Zoo...from A to Z to U." (The WAZU calls have since moved to an FM station licensed to Circleville, south of Columbus which also uses the "Big Wazzoo" nickname and album rock format.) Originally WBLY-FM from 1958 to 1979 simulcasting middle of the road WBLY-AM before the FM switch to rock.

[edit] External link

• Official WDHT website