- WEDI (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = WEDI
city = Eaton,Ohio
area =
slogan =
branding = "Classic Country Radio"
frequency = 1130kHz
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format =Classic Country
power =
erp = 250watt s day
haat =
class = D
facility_id = 71930
coordinates = coord|39|44|55.00|N|84|35|2.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = "Eaton, Dayton and I"'ndiana
former_callsigns = WCTM-AM (1981-2004)
owner = Town and Country Broadcasting, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =WBZI (originating station)
WKFI
webcast =
website = [http://www.myclassiccountry.com myclassiccountry.com]
affiliations =Fox News Radio WEDI "Classic Country Radio" (for Eaton,Dayton and Indiana)is a daytime-only commercial AM radio broadcasting station at 1130kHz licensed to
Eaton, Ohio .History
WEDI began in 1981 as
WCTM -AM a continuation of abeautiful music format which aired originally at 92.9 FM (the present-dayWGTZ )where the WCTM calls originated in 1959. In June 2004 while battling with heath problems and age,Stanley Coning,owner,operator,chief enginneer and announcer of "Radio Ranch 1130 WCTM" announced his official retirement from radio broadcasting and bid farewell to his many listeners. The transmitter site and three towers (home built by Coning himself) remains located in the Preble County rural community of Glenwood just east of Eaton. It's "figure 8" east to west direction pattern allows the station to be heard as far west as Greenfield in Central Indiana to London in Central Ohio should one be traveling on I-70 or on U.S. Route 40.Classic Country Radio
The station returned to the air in July 2004 as WEDI,now owned by Town and Country Broadcasting. Its current format is country oldies from the 1950s up to the 1980s in addition to bluegrass and
country gospel music programming as "Classic Country Radio" as the Western Ohio/Eastern Indiana repeater ofWBZI (AM) 1500 inXenia, Ohio which serves Xenia,Springfield,eastern Dayton and surrouding areas..WKFI (AM) 1090 inWilmington, Ohio is the other repeater serving southwestern Ohio and portions of Northern Kentucky as well as metropolitan Cincinnati.As a point of interest, the call sign WEDI had once been assigned to the passenger liner SS America of the United States Lines a long time ago.ee also
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WCTM
*WGTZ
*WBZI References
* [http://www.fybush.com/sites/2004/site-040625.html Scott Fybush's WCTM tribute page]
* [http://home.cinci.rr.com/cincyradio/history.html Greater Cincinnati and Dayton Radio Guide]
* [http://www.gaebler.com/WEDI-AM-OH-Radio-Advertising-Costs++20033 WEDI inforamtion page at Gaebler Ventures website]External links
*AM station data|WEDI
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