WDND
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WDND is a radio station
serving the South Bend, Indiana
, USA area. The station is owned by Artistic Media Partners
, Inc.
's Adult Standards
nostalgia-based music format with WHLY
1580 AM (Radio Hollywood) before taking over the WHLY call letters and the music format in February of 1999, while the WJVA call letters went to the station at 1580 AM.
In late October of 2001, the WHLY call letters and music went back to the station at 1580 when Artistic gave South Bend its first full-time sports talk station. The 1620 operation became known as WDND and was ESPN Radio's first affiliate in the South Bend area. In March 2004, the sports format and call letters moved to 1490 while the WHLY calls and nostalgic music returned to 1620.
That format continued until March 2006 when the call letters were changed to WWLV and the station branded itself as "Love Songs 1620." Less than two years later, in May of 2008, the station became known as WPNT ("The Point") and began to broadcast an all-news format from CNN Headline News
.
In late April of 2009, Artistic's station at 1490 AM (where the WDND calls and ESPN Radio programming had moved in May 2006) left the air as its transmitting tower on the campus of Notre Dame University was dismantled to make room for a new hockey arena. Artistic moved the sports programming from 1490 to its station at 1620.
On May 13, 2009, the call letters WDND were assigned to 1620 AM and WPNT was assigned to 1490. The station at 1490 is expected to return to the air when Artistic finds a new tower location.
On September 23, 2011 WDND changed their format from ESPN sports to a simulcast of hot AC-formatted "U93" WNDV 92.9 FM.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
serving the South Bend, Indiana
South Bend, Indiana
The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...
, USA area. The station is owned by Artistic Media Partners
Artistic Media Partners
Artistic Media Partners owns 14 radio stations in 4 markets in Indiana. It was formed on June 23, 1987.-History:...
, Inc.
History
Artistic Media Partners' station at 1620 AM signed on the air as WJVA on March 6, 1998. It simulcast Westwood OneWestwood One
Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...
's Adult Standards
Adult standards
Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...
nostalgia-based music format with WHLY
WHLY
WHLY is a Catholic radio station in South Bend, Indiana, broadcasting at 1580 on the AM dial.It is operated by the St. Thomas More Foundation of Elkhart, Indiana and broadcasts EWTN Radio programming...
1580 AM (Radio Hollywood) before taking over the WHLY call letters and the music format in February of 1999, while the WJVA call letters went to the station at 1580 AM.
In late October of 2001, the WHLY call letters and music went back to the station at 1580 when Artistic gave South Bend its first full-time sports talk station. The 1620 operation became known as WDND and was ESPN Radio's first affiliate in the South Bend area. In March 2004, the sports format and call letters moved to 1490 while the WHLY calls and nostalgic music returned to 1620.
That format continued until March 2006 when the call letters were changed to WWLV and the station branded itself as "Love Songs 1620." Less than two years later, in May of 2008, the station became known as WPNT ("The Point") and began to broadcast an all-news format from CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News
HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News and CNN2, is a cable television news channel based in the United States and a spinoff of the cable news television channel, CNN. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005, the channel has increasingly aired long-form...
.
In late April of 2009, Artistic's station at 1490 AM (where the WDND calls and ESPN Radio programming had moved in May 2006) left the air as its transmitting tower on the campus of Notre Dame University was dismantled to make room for a new hockey arena. Artistic moved the sports programming from 1490 to its station at 1620.
On May 13, 2009, the call letters WDND were assigned to 1620 AM and WPNT was assigned to 1490. The station at 1490 is expected to return to the air when Artistic finds a new tower location.
On September 23, 2011 WDND changed their format from ESPN sports to a simulcast of hot AC-formatted "U93" WNDV 92.9 FM.