WDRU (1030 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Creedmoor, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Raleigh–Durham area. The station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation.
WDRU broadcasts Wake Forest Demon Deacons sports programming, beginning with the 2012 football season. Its parent company, Truth Broadcasting, reached a deal with WEGO in Winston-Salem and WKEW in Greensboro to provide coverage along the I-40 corridor, which had been covered by WZTK before flipping to Spanish programming.
History
WFTK was a Christian radio station and later aired Spanish language programming before Truth Broadcasting changed to the current format.3
The station was licensed as WBZN in 1984, but signed on September 1, 19894 as WFTK, owned by the Baker Family Stations, from studios along North Carolina Highway 56 in Butner. On May 3, 2005, WFTK became WDRU.5
Originally licensed to Wake Forest, the station moved its license to Creedmoor in 2005. It also altered its signal pattern in order to better serve listeners in the western portion of the Triangle (Durham, Chapel Hill).
Translators
WDRU broadcasts during daytime hours only unlike its sister station, WTRU in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem market. This is to protect WBZ in Boston. However, the station does operate FM translators, all of which broadcast 24 hours.678 The station is also heard in HD Radio at 103.9-2, WNNL HD2.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W288BU | 105.5 FM | Durham, North Carolina | 154202 | 250 | 130.6 m (428 ft) | D | 35°59′54.5″N 78°51′20″W / 35.998472°N 78.85556°W / 35.998472; -78.85556 (W288BU) | LMS | Relays WDRU |
| W289BD | 105.7 FM | Raleigh, North Carolina | 152721 | 250 | 120.1 m (394 ft) | D | 35°47′21.5″N 78°40′44″W / 35.789306°N 78.67889°W / 35.789306; -78.67889 (W289BD) | LMS | Relays WNNL-HD2 |
| W293DV | 106.5 FM | Wake Forest, North Carolina | 20706 | 50 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 36°0′47.5″N 78°31′11″W / 36.013194°N 78.51972°W / 36.013194; -78.51972 (W293DV) | LMS | Relays WDRU |
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 53104 (WDRU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WDRU in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 154202 (W288BU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W288BU at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 152721 (W289BD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W289BD at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 20706 (W293DV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W293DV at FCCdata.org
References
"Wake Forest IMG Sports Network Announces New Broadcast Team and Affiliates". wakeforestsports.com. August 17, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012. http://www.wakeforestsports.com/genrel/081712aac.html ↩
Swartz, Deven (March 12, 2012). "101.1 WZTK dropping talk format". Fox8 WGHP. Retrieved August 17, 2012. http://myfox8.com/2012/03/12/101wztk-dropping-newstalk-format/ ↩
David Ranii, "Spanish radio station sold", News & Observer, March 25, 2005. ↩
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-331. Retrieved April 23, 2017. http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1999..pdf ↩
"WDRU Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=53104&Callsign=WDRU ↩
"Truth and Liberty get together for swap meet". RBR.com. January 9, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012. http://rbr.com/truth-and-liberty-get-together-for-swap-meet/ ↩
"W288BU Radio Station Information". Retrieved January 4, 2013. http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/info?call=W288BU&service=FX ↩
"W289BD Radio Station Information". Retrieved January 4, 2013. http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/info?call=W289BD&service=FX ↩