WDZK
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WDZK is a Radio Disney station serving the Hartford, Connecticut market. WDZK broadcasts on 1550 kHz.
HISTORY WDZK started out as WEXT, licensed to West Hartford, CT with a 1,000 daytime-only signal on 1550 KHz and a country and western format. The studios at that time were located on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford Center and the transmitter and tower were at 99 Grassmere Avenue in West Hartford, CT (USA).
In 1972 the studios were moved to the Culbro Building at 630 Oakwood Avenue in West Hartford.
In 1975, the station changed ownership and the call letters were changed to WMLB which was a combination of the first names of the three owners, Mary, Lou and Barry.
In 1985 the station was sold to a radio group out of Long Island New York and the format became talk radio "The Talk of Connecticut" and the call letters were changed to WGAB. Springfield talk show host Dan York was brought in as Program Director.
In 1986 the staton's transmitter site was moved to Bloomfield Connecticut to facilitate a day time power increase up to 5,000 watts and the addition of night time service, at 2,400 watts. The Bloomfield facility, which is still in use today, utilizes six tower in its directional antenna system.
In 1987 WGAB went dark due to financial hardship, and the station remained silent for nearly two years.
1989 saw the station return to the air as WLVX with new owners who also owned WLIX in Islip, Long Island, NY. The new owners brought a Contemporary Christian format to the station and they moved the studios to the Wintonbury Mall in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Several years later, the station was sold again, this time to a local group who changed the call letters to WRDM and switched the format to Italian. The studios were moved to 880 Maple Avenue in Hartford where they shared space with Channel 13 Television.
In 1997 the station was sold again, this time to Hibernia Coropration. The format was switched to Radio Disney and the studios moved to Franklin Avenue in Hartford, CT. The call sign was changed to WDZK.
Radio Disney purchased the station from Hibernia in 1998 and continued to operate from the Franklin Avenue location.
The studios were moved to 130 Chaple Rd in Manchester, Connecticut in 2004.
[edit] Radio Disney
[edit] External links
Timeline for Connecticut Broadcasting http://wwuh.org/history/CTtimeline.htm
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By callsign: WCTF | WDRC | WDZK | WHYN | WKND | WLAT | WMRD | WPOP | WRYM | WTIC | WTMI
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