WROD

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WROD AM & FM
City of license	Daytona Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	Daytona Beach, Florida
Slogan	Daytona's Only Oldies Station
Frequency	104.7 FM MHz 1340 AM kHz
Translator(s)	104.7 W284AV (Deltona, Florida)
First air date	1947
Format	Oldies
Power	1,000 watts Non-Directional Daytime 250 watts Non-Directional Nighttime
Class	C
Facility ID	36169
Transmitter coordinates	29°11′19.00″N 81°0′28.00″W / 29.1886111°N 81.0077778°W / 29.1886111; -81.0077778
Owner	Volusia Broadcasting, LLC
Webcast	http://www.wrodradio.com/listen.html
Website	http://www.wrodradio.com

WROD (104.7 FM & 1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida and broadcasting an oldies format. The station serves the greater Daytona Beach area. As of December 2008, WROD is owned by Volusia Broadcasting LLC.^[1] Volusia Broadcasting switched WROD's format from adult standards to oldies, in a nod to the station's heritage as a Top 40 outlet during the 1960s and 1970s.

History

In 1947, with 250 watts of power, WROD-AM went on the air as Daytona Beach's third radio station. By 1961, WROD was licensed to operate at 1,000 watts of power at 300 ft. The radio station operated from its transmitter site from its beginning to 2005, when its offices moved to 100 Marina Point Drive in Daytona Beach.

FM translator W284AV 104.7 went on the air in July 2012 simulcasting WROD-AM.^[2]

References

↑ "WROD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WROD". Radio Years.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WROD

Radio-Locator Information on WROD

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