- WDLR
Infobox_Radio_Station
name = WDLR
area =Delaware, Ohio
branding = "Radio Sol"
slogan =
frequency = 1550 (kHz)
format = Spanish
airdate =June 24 ,2004 (as WXOL)
callsign_meaning = W DeLawaRe
owner = The Fifteen Fifty Corporation
power = 500watt s (day)
29 watts (night)
class = D
website = [http://www.wxolradiosol.com/ Radio Sol]WDLR 1550 AM, signed on the air in Delaware, Ohio about October 1960. Here is the exact listing for the construciton permit from 1961-62 Broadcasting Yearbook: "WDLR (not on air; target date Oct. 1, 1960): 1550 kc; 500 w-D, DA-D. P.O. Box 231. Delaware Broadcasting Inc. (Original owner) C. Robert Taylor, gen mgr & coml mgr."
Today, WDLR is known as "Radio Sol" broadcasting
Spanish-language programming including the home games of theColumbus Crew Major League Soccer team.Prior to taking back the WDLR calls in July 2007, the station used WXOL after
June 9 ,2004 , and before that also used WDLR. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=54557&Callsign=WDLR FCC Call Sign History]The call letters WDLR represent the station's city of license: W Delaware.
WDLR is licensed to
Fifteen Fifty Corporation , which is 100% owned by Patricia Casagrande of Powell, Ohio [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101175935&formid=323&fac_num=54557 (FCC Ownership report)] . The station had been acquired by former WCMH TV4 helicopter pilot Robb Case (born Robb Casegrande), but Robb Case died in September 2007 at age 50 from cancer. [http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/09/14/2_OBIT14.ART_ART_09-14-07_D7_187T429.html?sid=101]In the early 1990s, WDLR was famous among Ohio Wesleyan students for its lunchtime progam "TRadio," hosted by Stu Sisk.
External links
*AMQ|WDLR
*AML|WDLR
*AMARB|WDLR
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