WDTL
{{short description|Radio station in Indianola, Mississippi}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WDTL
| logo = WDTL DELTAcountry105.7 logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| city = Indianola, Mississippi
| area = Greenville, Mississippi
| branding = Delta Country 105.7
| frequency = 105.7 MHz
| airdate = 1969
| format = Country
| erp = 14,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|159|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}
| class = C2
| facility_id = 59962
| coordinates = {{coord|33|28|41|N|90|38|28|W}}
| callsign_meaning = similar to "Delta" (owner and branding)
| former_callsigns = WNLA-FM (1979–2012)
WIBT (2012–2014)
WNOU (2014–2016)
| former_frequencies = 105.5 MHz (1970–2018)
| affiliations = Fox News Radio
Compass Media Networks
| owner = Delta Radio Network, LLC
| licensee =
| sister_stations = WIQQ, WIBT, WKXY, WKXG, WNIX, WNLA, WNLA-FM, KZYQ, WZYQ, WBYB
| webcast = [http://streamdb7web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WDTL Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.deltacountry.com deltacountry.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WDTL (105.7 FM, "Delta Country 105.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Indianola, Mississippi, United States. The station is owned by Delta Radio Network LLC.
WDTL broadcasts a country music format to the greater Greenville, Mississippi, area.{{cite web|work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedate=2010-03-01 }} Their morning show is hosted by “Big” Steve Kelly, a longtime radio veteran. The station also airs the syndicated "The Original Country Gold with Rowdy Yates" and "Rick Jackson's Country Classics, as well as “Retro Country USA” with Big Steve Kelly on Sunday nights 10-Mid.
History
In August 1984, Fritts Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on October 9, 1984, and the transaction was consummated on October 15, 1984.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAPLH-19840814GP) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=71797 |date=October 15, 1984}}
In April 2007, Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc., contracted to sell this station and AM sister station WNLA to Debut Broadcasting Corporation, Inc.{{cite news |work=The Mississippi Business Journal |title=Debut gets go-ahead from FCC |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5277/is_200706/ai_n21246064?tag=content;col1 |date=June 18, 2007}} The deal was approved by the FCC in May 2007 and the transaction consummated in June 2007. Debut sold the station to Delta Radio Network in 2010.
On September 16, 2014, the then-WNOU changed its format from urban contemporary to country, branded as "Delta Country 105.5". The station changed its call sign to the current WDTL on March 9, 2016.
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20130121235500/http://www.debutbroadcasting.com/ Debut Broadcasting Corporation]
- {{FM station data|59962|WDTL}}
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Category:Sunflower County, Mississippi
Category:Radio stations established in 1969
Category:1969 establishments in Mississippi
Category:Country radio stations in the United States
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